Rabbi Meir (Mai-eer) said: Anyone who engages in Torah study for its own sake (‘lishma’) merits many things. Not only that, but the entire world… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 1(a): What G-d Really Wants – Part I
See, I present before you today a brachah and a kelalah. The brachah: that you listen to Hashem’s commandments…[1] Chazal[2] see in this pasuk a… Read More »Bread, Salt, and Feinshmekkers
BS”D Volume 38, No. 46 27 Av 5784 August 31, 2024 Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin in memory of his father Harav Yitzchak ben… Read More »Accounting
When I stand in line in a pizza shop or bagel store, I anticipate the counter fellow asking me, “So what do you need?” That’s… Read More »Needs and Desires
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Reeh
Isaiah 54:11 – 55:5 This week’s Haftorah is the third Haftorah of Consolation. Yishayuhu Hanavi described the utopian times of Mashiach when the veiling values… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Reeh
The Story It had been a great morning at Joseph’s sleep-away camp. Chocolate milk for breakfast, water skiing, and archery. As he returned to his… Read More »The Prohibition to Destroy G-d’s name
Since the dawn of human history, mankind has faced, in one guise or another, the same temptations that confronted the very first man and woman,… Read More »The Tree of Knowledge
(V’Haya) And it will be, if you hearken to My commandments that I command you this day to love HASHEM, your G-d, and to serve… Read More »Important Life Decisions
The Sages have taught [the following] in the language of the Mishna, blessed be He who has chosen them and their teachings. The above line… Read More »Chapter 6 Introduction: Leaving This World