Many people do dangerous activities thinking that it is permitted even though it is dangerous. However, as will be discussed below this is not the case. If something is dangerous a...
LOOKING UP: THE MEANING BEHIND THE SNAKE ON THE POLE NO COMPLAINING After seventy years of communist oppression and seven hours of flying, Boris, a burly immigrant from Moscow steps off the...
One of the stories told in Parashat Hukat is how Hashem punished Beneh Yisrael after they complained to Moshe about their conditions. Specifically, they complained about the manna which fell...
The entire chumash was dictated to Mosheh Rabbeinu word for word. The Rabbis had a tradition that the Author had more than one intention in any given passuk. “Elokim said...
Last Monday afternoon, the ground in the parking lot at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim opened up. Thank G-d the massive sinkhole swallowed only cars and not people. Korach...
The story of Meh Meriba, when Moshe and Aharon were punished for striking a rock in the desert to produce water for Beneh Yisrael, has baffled commentators for centuries. It...
How would you, in the Torah world, define evil incarnate? When the Torah says, “Vayikach Korach – And Korach took…” the Gemora in Sanhedrin asks What exactly did he take?...
During many eras in Jewish history, Jews converted to other religions, whether due to physical, financial or social pressure or otherwise. Many of these wayward Jews returned to the Jewish...
Many are familiar with the “golden mean” or the middle path of the Rambam. Regrettably, some misunderstand this as a prescription for religious mediocrity. Under no conditions did the Rambam...