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Observation does not necessarily mean participation – at least in an etymological or grammatical sense. My dealings with Jews who do not keep Torah law… Read More »Mitzvah-Watch

This Thursday is Lag B’Omer, b”H. It is the day we are told on which Rebi Shimon bar Yochai died, but not before revealing the… Read More »Be A Vessel

For on this day, He shall affect atonement for you, to cleanse you. Before HASHEM, you shall be cleansed from all your sins. (Vayikra 16:30)… Read More »What the Whole Day is About

Do not stand by idly over the blood of your friend[2] This phrase, as is well known through the gemara,[3] demands that we intervene on… Read More »Time To Speak Up

BS”D Volume 39, No. 28 12 Iyar 5785 May 10, 2025 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont recognizing the honorees at the annual dinner of Young… Read More »Holy Together

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1334 – I Never Thought… Read More »An Enabler or Facilitator Gets Credit As if He Was the Doer

Two identical goats awaited the High Priest in the Temple courtyard on Yom Kippur. The multitudinous spectators watched with bated breath as the High Priest… Read More »The Crossroads of Life

This week the Torah tells us about loving every Jew. It adds a special verse exhorting us to be especially sensitive to a special type… Read More »Honorable Mentshen

WHEN YOU THINK about Aharon HaKohen, you think about peace. You think about all the good and wholesome things about a Torah life. You think… Read More »The Path To…

HASHEM spoke to Moshe, saying: “Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male…On the eighth day… Read More »Positive Possibilities