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As a supplement to our recent discussion on the Jewish approach towards suffering, we include an article written by Mrs. Leah Kohn several years ago,… Read More »A Jewish Approach to Death

Last class, we took a break from any textual analysis and instead introduced the third and final section of the Shemoneh Esraei prayer, our focus… Read More »Our Sacrificial Alternative

The Story Naftali had just taken his final math exam of the year. He had been preparing for months and he was so nervous that… Read More »Parshas Pinchas – Tashlumim

He [Yehuda ben Taima] used to say: The boldfaced are destined to Gehinnom (Hell), and the shamefaced are destined to the World to Come. May… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 24: Righteous Indignation

“Therefore say, “Behold! I give him My covenant of peace!” (Bamidbar 25:12) Admittedly, I don’t understand how Gematria (the numerical value of words) works. For… Read More »Eisav and Shalom

“RavFrand” List – Rabbi Frand on Parshas Pinchas These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly… Read More »Torah-Sanctioned Zealotry

And of these, there was no man of those counted by Moshe and Aharon…for Hashem had said of them, “They will surely die in the… Read More »One In Hand

BS”D Volume 38, No. 41 21 Tammuz 5784 July 27, 2024 Sponsored by the Vogel family l’ilui nishmat Chaim ben Shalom Klein a”h In this… Read More »And He Transmitted It to Yehoshua

This week we read the parsha of Pinchas. “And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: Pinchas the son of Elazar the son of Aharon the Kohen… Read More »On Who’s Honor?

Peace is the ultimate blessing of the Jewish people. When we are at peace, we have everything. When we are not at peace, we have… Read More »Peace Without Conjunctions