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Rabbi Chananya ben (son of) Akashya said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to give Israel merit; therefore He gave them Torah and mitzvos… Read More »Conclusion: To Understand Man

There is between each extreme of disposition more moderate dispositions, each different from the other. There are some dispositions which a person has from birth,… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 2 – Controlling Our Destiny

Command Aharon and his sons, saying, “This is the Torah of the olah. It is the olah that stays on the flame on the altar…[2]… Read More »What Emerges From the Olah

BS”D Volume 35, No. 24 14 Nissan 5781 March 27, 2021 Sponsored by Aaron and Rona Lerner in memory of their fathers Avraham ben Yaakov… Read More »Eternal Lessons

Everything that the Holy One, Blessed be He, created in His world He created only for His honor, as it is written, ‘All that is… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 11: We Can Write No More

Why is this night different than all other nights? – Question in the Haggadah at the Pesach Seder What are these testimonies and statutes (Chukim),… Read More »Delicious Answers

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD #1026 – Salt on… Read More »Pesach: Reaching the Level of Ahavas Chinam

 Shabbos Night WE MADE it, thank God. We’ve made it to another Pesach, something most of us just took for granted two years ago would… Read More »Shabbos HaGadol

Shabbos Night WE WERE born to be free. Does anyone like slavery? Sadly, some can’t escape it, and perhaps even more tragically, some have come… Read More »Slavery of Freedom?

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1155 Pesach Issues: Maos Chittin;… Read More »The Little Aleph and Lessons In Humility