See that Hashem has given you the Shabbos; therefore, He gave you two days’ worth of bread on the sixth day. Shemos 16:29 The Source The Gemara in Pesachim (100b) teaches that one should not bring bread out to...
How can surrender lead to victory? During the war against Amalek, Bnei Yisrael prevailed only as long as Moshe’s hands remained raised; when his hands fell, the Jews began to falter (Shemos 17:11). How strange that winning...
Rabbi Haim Palachi (Turkey, 1788-1869), in his work Mo’ed Le’kol Hai (chapter 30), discusses a number of different laws and customs relevant to the month of Shevat. He begins by establishing that the theme of this month is...
“The human being is a tree of the field,” the Torah states. In fact, the Jewish calendar reserves one day each year, the “New Year for Trees” on the 15th of Shevat, for us to contemplate our affinity...
This week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took out a full page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal titled, “To Those I’ve Hurt.” In it, he addressed years of publicly documented antisemitic remarks and behavior, admitted that his untreated...
A GPS application that includes an option to alert users to the presence of police should not make use of that option. The poskim discuss whether it is permitted to report to the police a driver who is traveling...
Before Beneh Yisrael left Egypt, Hashem spoke to Moshe and gave him a series of instructions that Beneh Yisrael were to follow in preparation for the great moment of Yetziat Mitzrayim. They were all to prepare an animal...
In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu is told by G-d, “Please speak into the ears of the people and a man shall ask from his neighbor and a women shall ask from her neighbor utensils of silver and...
As we learn the parsh- ios regarding the pun- ishment of the Egyp- tians, a central theme that runs through them is the attribute of treat- ing people middah k’neged middah, measure for measure. As the Gemara teaches...
