Everyone is aware that the High Holiday period between Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur is a period of judgment (Din). However, not everyone is aware that the Ari z”l and the Shaloh HaKodesh write that there is judgment...
The Mishna in Pirkeh Abot (3:14) teaches, “Man is precious, in that he was created in the image [of G-d]...
There is a widespread custom to remain awake on Shavuos night to learn Torah. This custom spawns many halachic queries. Why should we stay up learning on Shavuos night? What...
There are many myths and mistakes regarding the great event of Matan Torah. Some of those myths were adopted from artists own renditions of this monumental event based on their own interpretations, whereas some are simply mistakes of people. Here are...
Last week, this article appeared with some errors. It is being reprinted this week corrected. I. Fathers-in-Law shall see shortly. The word seems to have gained usage sometime between the years 1200...
The Klausenberger Rebbe lost his wife and eleven children in the Holocaust. He sur- vived and subsequently gathered a small com- munity of followers who were also survivors; from this small group, he eventually rebuilt the whole com- munity....
As we experienced last week how the IDF were targeting senior officers of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization responsible for the rocket fire toward Israel in the past month and terrorizing...
There is a widespread custom to eat dairy products on Shavuos. What is the source of this custom? What are the reasons for issue. The Source The earlier authorities who mention this custom...
The Desert This week’s Torah portion, named “Bamidbar,” which means “in the desert,” is always read preceding the holiday of Shavuos, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Sinai, more than 3,300 years ago, in the year...
In Rabbinic literature, the book of Bamidbar is referred to as the book of censuses (Sefer haPekudim), which is no doubt roughly equivalent to the common English name for the book – the Book of Numbers. In this week’s...