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As an introduction, the Rambam’s fourth chapter is devoted almost entirely to health issues. Since, as he stated at the end of his third chapter,… Read More »Chapter 4, Laws 1-8 – Health Issues, Part I

Rabbi Shimon ben (son of) Gamliel said: On three things does the world endure: justice, truth and peace, as the verse states, “Truth and [judgments… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 18(a): Jew vs. Gentile in the Eyes of the Torah – Part I

Ha’azinu 12 Tishrei 5782 September 18, 2021 Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg on the yahrzeit of her grandfather, William Lavin Avraham Zev ben Raphael a”h (15… Read More »The Higher We Rise . . .

One who accustoms himself to live in a healthy manner (namely, who engages in physical activities only to the degree which is medically beneficial as… Read More »Chapter 3, Law 3 – In All Your Ways Know Him

In Memory of my dear friend and chavrusa, Efraim Hirsch, who suffered every type of yesurim Teshuva and the Justice System In Mesilas Yesharim, the… Read More »Yom Kippur: Teshuva and the Justice System

Shimon his son [the son of Rabban Gamliel of the previous mishna] said: All my life I have been raised among the Sages, and I… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 17: Expressions of the Soul

These last chapters of the Torah, culminating in this week’s reading, are all a very serious and have an almost fearsome quality and tone. Heaven… Read More »A Covenant with Nature

May my teaching drop like the rain…like storm winds upon vegetation, and like raindrops upon blades of grass.[2] Vegetation and grass? Would it not be… Read More »Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Hearts

  (Insights for the 10 Days of Teshuva) Hi All – when I once spoke about the following ideas at our Minyan down the Shore,… Read More »“The Secrets of Change”

Sponsored by Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of husband and father Rabbi Albert Dimont a”h The editors of Hamaayan wish all of our… Read More »Before, During, & After