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What can one person accomplish against a mob? This question is sadly relevant today, and this week’s parsha (reading) provides the answer. At the end… Read More »The Power of One

There were extremely negative murmurings within the people of Israel in objection to the actions of Pinchas for his zealousness in slaying Zimri together with… Read More »Pinchas and Pacifism

This week’s article from Rabbi Yissocher Frand has been generously dedicated by Mr. Moshe Dreyfuss in memory of his father Avraham ben Shmuel a”h, on… Read More »Summer Vacation Begins With a Reminder: No Vacation from Divine Service

Moshe spoke to Hashem, saying, “May Hashem appoint a man over the assembly who shall go out before them and come in before them…Let the… Read More »Conflict of Interest

BS”D Volume 35, No. 37 23 Tammuz 5781 July 3, 2021 Sponsored by Judy and David Marwick in memory of Abe and Helen Spector a”h… Read More »A Hint of Days to Come

Shimon ben (son of) Shatach said: Examine witnesses thoroughly and be careful with your words lest through them they learn to lie. This mishna, as… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 9: Jewish Crime Prevention

The Mitzvah: The daily offering of the Olas Tamid, Continual Elevation-Offering was made up of 2 parts – one lamb offered at the start of… Read More »Tamid: From Start to Finish

“On the seventeenth of Tammuz the Tablets were broken” (Ta’anis 26a) Five calamities occurred on the seventeenth of Tammuz. The first of these calamities is… Read More »In Control

Life sustaining water, eau d’vivre, bottled at the source from the most pristine and exotic locations line the shelves in every supermarket, each bottled in… Read More »Still Waters Run Deep

Following the apportionment of the Land of Israel based on patrilineal tribe, “the daughters of Tzelofchod son of Chefer son of Gilad son of Machir… Read More »The Time is Now!