torah

Elul is a propitious time to come closer to Hashem’s service. In our series about Elul, we will examine lofty concepts regarding “loving Hashem, serving… Read More »Lofty Aspirations

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, nor shall he be subjected to anything associated with it.… Read More »Choose Your Battles

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise… Read More »The Bribe of Frankenstein

BS”D Volume 34, No. 44 9 Elul 5780 August 29, 2020 Sponsored by Martin and Michelle Swartz on the yahrzeit (14 Elul) of Martin’s great-grandmother… Read More »The False Measures Within Us

RECENTLY I NOTICED someone who lost weight, and asked him about it. I knew that he had tried to diet many times in the past,… Read More »Just One Moment (More)

Great is teshuva (repentance) for it brings a person close to the Divine Presence, as it is stated, ‘Return, Israel, unto the L-rd your G-d’… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 6 – Flowing Love

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: 22(c) Are the Sages Infallible? Part III

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD #1214 – The Danger… Read More »“I Should Accept Him As My Rabbi?”

Atone for Your people Israel that You have redeemed.[2] Chazal[3] parse this pasuk, and see separate references to two groups. “Your people Israel,” they say,… Read More »Who Was to Blame?

BS”D Volume 34, No. 43 2 Elul 5780 August 22, 2020 Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg in memory of her uncle, Benjamin Lavin (Binyamin Beinish ben… Read More »Opening Gates