06 Jun Torah Study is Not Like Calculus
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...
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...
Name:T.J. (Thomas Javier) Rivera Born: October 27, 1988 (age 28) in the Bronx, New York College:Troy University Graduated from Troy in 2011,but went unselected in the Major League Baseball draft. Salary:$507,500 Growing up in the Bronx,...
The Gemara in Shabbos, daf kuf yud zayin, amud bais discusses what to do in a case where a fire is devastating one’s home on Shabbos. It would be permissible...
Jewish law requires immersing in a mikveh utensils used with food. This only applies if the utensils are made of certain materials (generally metal and glass) and if they were...
Ari Hirsch of The Vues had a chance to interview Lucas Duda this off season in Florida during one of his workouts with Mike Barwis. Duda was limited to only...
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...
I. Learning & Sleeping On Shavuos, many stay up all night learning Torah and go to sleep after early morning services. This year, when the holiday followed Shabbos, most people had...
Last week we discussed the premise that a goral works with divine assistance, the Chavos Yair brings down three cases of goral with interesting shailos in connection to it. The Chavos...
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...
In this week’s parsha we find the concept of a “goral” (lottery.) The Torah says that there were 273 Leviim more than Bechorim. In order to transfer the avoda from...