torah

Friday Night THE TALMUD PROVIDES a sneak preview of what will happen after history comes to an end: How can you say that it is… Read More »Time of Love

Moshe called to Yehoshua and said to him before the eyes of all of Yisrael, “Be strong and courageous. You will enter (tavo) with the… Read More »Self-Shrinking

Perhaps a person will say, ‘Since lust, honor and the like are a bad path which remove a person from the world, I will separate… Read More »Chapter 3, Law 1 – Man as Body and Soul

If there is one operative word on Rosh HaShana that the Good Year balloon pulls along its banner, it is the word, “HaMelech” – “The… Read More »Fill It Up with Super

BS”D Volume 35, No. 46 27 Elul 5781 September 4, 2021 Sponsored by The Greengart and Lerman families in memory of father Zvi ben Ben… Read More »A New Way to Learn

“…write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the Children of Israel, place it in their mouth…” (31:19) The Talmud interprets “the song” as… Read More »On a Personal Note

Children play a major role in this week’s double portion. In Nitzavim, Moshe tells the nation, “You are standing today, all of you, before Hashem.”… Read More »Youthful Discretion

Shammai said, make your Torah study fixed, say little and do much, and receive everyone with a cheerful countenance. Thus far we have studied Shammai’s… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 15(c): Fast-Food Judaism

Towards the conclusion of his long final oration to the Jewish people, our teacher Moshe refers once more to the covenant between God and Israel.… Read More »Our Eternal Covenant

Friday Night IMAGINE HIKING OUT in the wilderness and coming across a small puddle. Where did the water come from? Intrigued, you look more closely… Read More »In Plain Sight