Three Meals And When To Eat Them We are told by Hashem (God) to eat three meals on Shabbat. The first takes place on Friday night, the second on Shabbat […]
Judaism 101
Explore the fundamentals of Jewish belief—from emunah (faith) to hashgachah (Divine supervision).
Three Shabbat Meals On Shabbat, we eat three special meals where we have an opportunity to merge our neshamah (soul) and our guf (body) and uplift both of them. By […]
Hashem Reveals Himself To Avraham Avraham (Abraham) was privileged to have Hashem (God) reveal Himself to him. As we see in the opening of our parashah (Torah portion), Hashem appeared […]
The Evil Generation The generation of Noach was filled with wickedness and idol worship. Their behavior was so corrupt that the entire world had to be destroyed. Only the righteous […]
Make Shabbat Special! We have a mitzvah (commandment) to honor and enjoy Shabbat1. Kavod – honor, refers to preparations like cleaning the house, cooking, showering, and putting on nice clothes, […]
Shabbat Is A Weekly Day To Spiritually Recharge Shabbat is the seventh and final day of the week, a day to commemorate how Hashem (God) created the world over six […]
Chanoch’s Greatness “And Chanoch walked with Hashem, but he ceased to exist, because Hashem had taken him”. Bereishit 5:24 Yalkut Reuveni quotes a Midrash that Chanoch (Enoch) would stitch shoes, […]
In The Beginning The Torah begins, “Bereishit barah elokim – in the beginning Hashem created” (Bereishit 1:1). Targum Yerushalmi renders, “with wisdom Hashem created”. Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch shlit”a explains that […]
A Meal Fit For A King It’s fascinating: on Yom Kippur itself, we fast and afflict ourselves, yet just hours before, there is a mitzvah (commandment) to eat a festive […]
The Secret To A Good Year As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the day on which our future for the coming year will be determined, we are all eager to procure […]
