13 Jun The Language of the Heart
In the modern day world there are all kinds of receptors. The AM/FM radio is a receptor that picks up a certain range of frequencies. A short-wave radio accepts...
In the modern day world there are all kinds of receptors. The AM/FM radio is a receptor that picks up a certain range of frequencies. A short-wave radio accepts...
As we look back on Shavuos, including the fervent desire to come away from the Yom Tov with a renewed commitment to the “learning” of Torah, we need to understand...
In our Shavuos liturgy, we refer to Shavuos as, “Zman matan Toroseinu – The season of the giving of the Torah.” We also express the wish to people, “You should...
As we stood at Har Sinai, the Torah testifies that, “Vayichan sham Yisroel, neged haHar;” the Jews encamped in front of the mountain. The commentaries immediately pounce that the word...
The Gemora in Bava Basra [91a] teaches us that the name of Avraham Avinu’s mother, (a very popular extra credit question), was Amasloi Bas Karnavo, and the name of the...
The posuk describes the pursuit of Torah study as being, “Yikara hi mipninim – More precious than pearls.” Homiletically, the Gemora interprets this posuk to mean, “M’kohein godol hanichnas...
At this time of the year, Klal Yisroel breaks out one of its national treasures: the Mishnayos of Pirkei Avos. This anthology of select ethical teachings, transmitted to us by...
When I am eating a meal at home alone, I tend to read biographies of gedolim while eating. Recently, I was reading an ArtScroll biography concerning Rav Meir Shapiro, ztl,...
In our Friday night Kiddush, we intone, “Ki vo shabbas mikol melachto asher bora Elokim laasos – For on the Shabbos day Hashem rested from all the work which He...
There is an unusual formula used in the format of the Haggadah. It is revealed to us at the end of Tractate Pesachim [116a], where it states, “Maschil b’gnus u’masayim...