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“After you acted with haughtiness by eating and drinking, you then accept the yoke of heaven on yourself!” (Berachos 10b) With these words, the Gemara… Read More »Coffee and Cake

Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz The problem of the agunah — the “chained” or “anchored” wife — is a serious one, though it is not as… Read More »The Plight of the Agunah and a Summary of Possible Solutions

BS”D Volume 38, No. 38 30 Sivan 5784 July 6, 2024 Sponsored by Zev and Marlene Teichman on the yahrzeit of her father Louis Leonard… Read More »Chosen

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1298 – The Shul That… Read More »A Perception of Uncaring Leadership Fueled Korach’s Rebellion

Whoever possesses the following three traits is of the students of our father Abraham, and [whoever possesses] a different three traits is of the students… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 22(a): Seeing Nature — and Beyond – Part I

This week we read the parsha of Korach. “Va’yikach Korach ben Yitzhar ben K’has… v’Dasan va’Aviram… v’On ben Peles… vayakumu lifnei Moshe (And Korach the… Read More »Earth-Shattering Occurences

Korach says to Moshe, “Why do you elevate yourself above the congregation of Hashem?” Korach claimed that Moshe was acting haughtily. How could he possibly… Read More »Faint Perception

“Any quarrel,” says the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos (5:20) “that is made for the sake of heaven shall, in conclusion, last. However, if the argument… Read More »Internal Combustion

Anyone who brings the many towards merit — a sin will not come about through him. And anyone who brings the many to sin will… Read More »Chapter5, Mishna 21(b): Beyond the Bounds – Part II

Moshe Rabbenu agreed with the people’s request to send meraglim (spies) before entering Eretz Yisrael.  Although the people’s intent showed a lack of confidence in… Read More »Shlach — Find the Mitzva