15 Aug A Thought About Aleinu
One of the most important prayers that we say daily is Aleinu. It is so prestigious that we say it while standing. Its authorship is shared. The first paragraph was...
08 Aug What Is The Most Challenging Mitzvah?
Let me ask you a philosophical question. What is the hardest mitzvah in the Torah? The most difficult and challenging to fulfill? The Pirkei d’Rebbe Eliezer says that the hardest...
02 Aug Some Dating Tips from the Torah
We all know that the first official shaddchan in the Torah was Eliezer, the servant of Avraham. We also know that he wrote the script beforehand, praying to Hashem that...
25 Jul The Incredible Powers of the Yeitzer Hara
In Chumash Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu recounts the sad story of the meraglim, spies, which led to the tragic death of an entire generation and was the catalyst for all the...
18 Jul To Temper Our Hubris
Rashi tells us that when Pinchas courageously executed Zimri, the prince of the tribe of Shimon, for engaging in a public act of immorality with Kozbi, the Midyanite Princess, there were those...
12 Jul Shalom Equals Longevity
One of the great Biblical acts of valor was the zealous execution of the Nasi, Zimri, and the Midianite Princess, Kozbi, by the courageous tzaddik, Pinchas. Although the Torah rarely...
04 Jul Jealousy: The Root of All Evil
We know that some women are into jewelry. The Ben Ish Chai, Zt”l, Zy”a, informs us that Mrs. Korach was one such woman. He relates that she would adorn herself...
28 Jun A Mission Statement for Marriage
One of the beauties of learning Torah is that, if you apply yourself, you will see new things each time you study over-again any subject of the Torah for the...
21 Jun What Does Hashem Want from Me?
One of the great personalities of the Jewish people was Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Kedushas Levi, Zt”l, Zy”a. I would like to share with you, my dear readers,...