torah

This week, Women in Judaism shares the story of one Jewish woman who refuses to give in to what another might consider impending doom. Lady… Read More »Survival

QUESTION 63: COUCH FROM A GEMACH A friend who works in a furniture gemach (an organization that lends to those in need) called my wife,… Read More »Couch From A Gemach

“Kaleidoscope – a tube shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by bits of colored glass at one end… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Three

“Perhaps it was an oversight on their part.” (Bereshith 43:12) At this point, Yaakov was still unaware that his sons had been dealing with Yosef,… Read More »Ambiguous Statements II

It is the way of people who have repented (lit., ‘masters of repentance’) to be lowly and exceedingly humble. If fools mock them on account… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 8 – The Practicalities of Return

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD # 1216 Are Women… Read More »A Tale of Two Speeches—One Out Loud and One in Silence

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 26-27 – Impacting Others — and Ourselves

This week we read the parsha of Ki Savo–when you will enter the Land of Israel–which begins with the commandment to bring the first fruits… Read More »Spiritual Ups and Downs

Simcha is an overused but less understood concept. It expresses feelings of “joy”, sentiments of “great pleasure”, of “happiness”, or even “elation”. Highlighting how central… Read More »The Joy of Mitzvah Observance

“Because you did not serve Hashem, your G-d, with happiness and goodness of heart, when you had everything in abundance”(28:47) The Torah attributes all of… Read More »The Root Of Unhappiness