Gemara in Sanhedrin (71a) quotes three different Beraisos in which three Tanna’im teach that there are certain mitzvos that have never happened and never will happen. These are the ben...
As the yomtov of Shavuos is upon us, we celebrate that which we say daily in the blessings on the Torah. “Asher bochar bonu mikol ha’amim, v’nosan lanu es Toraso,”...
The Torah tells us that the Yidden were counted in Parshas Ki Sisa, Posuk tes zayin. Rashi says the number of Yidden that were counted in Ki Sisa, which took...
A CAN OF BEANS Three guys are alone on a desert island: an engineer, a biologist and an economist. They are starving and don’t have a thing to eat, but somehow they...
It is customary on Shavuos to read Megilat Rut, which tells the story of a Moabite woman, Rut, who converted to Judaism and ultimately became the great-grandmother of David Hamelech....
The gemara in Kiddushin (32a) cites a debate about whether a teacher/Rav can waive the honor due him from a student- to be mochel al kevodo. Rav Yosef allowed this...
Well, another Shavuos is already upon us. With pleasant thoughts of sweet blintzes and scented flowers, Shavuos 5769 is almost here! But, it is imperative for the thinking Jew to...
The Klausenberger Rebbe zt”l, R’ Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam, lost his wife and eleven children in the Holocaust. After the war, he gathered a small community of followers who had also...
The scene is familiar. An auditorium or hall is stuffed full of bodies hunched over books. In the corner, there’s a table bearing snacks and caffeinated beverages. It could be...