Student Comments and Questions This week’s class features student responses to “Women in Judaism: Obligation or Privilege”, which appeared in two installments over the past… Read More »Obligation or Privilege?: Part III
QUESTION 78: I understand that according to Halacha (Jewish Law), I can keep a ten-dollar bill that I find in the street. Is it a… Read More »Taking Money Found on the Street
Law 4 (end — see last week for entire text) Any person whose character traits all fall in the center, midway between the extremes, is… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 4(b)-5 – Rational or Crazy?
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1200 – Bugs in the… Read More »Reward And Punishment
And Aaron’s sons, Nadav and Avihu, each took his pan, put fire in them, and placed incense upon it, and they brought before HASHEM a… Read More »Self-Serving
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a): Who Gave the Rabbis the Right…
Certain practices are just too vile and despicable for civilized people to endure, especially when it comes to food. The thought of chewing and swallowing… Read More »Forbidden Waters
BS”D Volume 35, No. 25 28 Nissan 5781 April 10, 2021 Dedicated in gratitude to Hashem on Hamaayan’s 34th birthday and in memory of Moreinu… Read More »Two Dedications in One
Moshe and Aharon came to the Ohel Moed, and they went out and blessed the people.[2] What berachah did they need at this time? Rashi… Read More »Not Always Is Help Extended
In teaching us the kosher laws this week, the Torah deviates from a meritorious procedure. Normally the Torah hardly elaborates unnecessarily, yet Rabbi Yehoshua ben… Read More »Just Say Treif!