This week’s Torah reading contains the mitzvah (commandment) of not straying after our eyes (Bamidbar 15:39). The Biur Halachah (1:1) states that this prohibition includes the general pursuit of materialistic […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When we study Torah and Talmud, we spend so much time analyzing opinions that are not accepted in practice. Why are Talmud debates […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Why is the Jewish nation divided into twelve shevatim (tribes), something that in time led to division and even war? Wouldn’t it have […]
Life in the Wilderness: Surrounded by Miracles Life in the desert was a unique type of existence. It was an effortless life, where all of Klal Yisrael (the Jewish nation)’s […]
The Jews Complained Despite Their Blessings In this week’s Torah reading, as the Jews traveled through the desert on their way to the Land of Israel, they started to complain […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What is wrong with ending one’s own life? If someone is suffering profoundly and feels that life is no longer worth living, why […]
Actions Over Words When it comes to the practice of our Judaism, people often say it’s important to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. This means that it’s […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The Torah tells us that one who speaks lashon hara (evil speech) is smitten with tzara’at (leprosy) on his body and expelled from […]
Who Will Bless the Kohanim? In this week’s Torah reading (Bamidbar 6:22-27) we have the Birchat Kohanim – the blessings which the Kohanim (descendants of Aaron the High Priest, who […]
Maybe your Rabbi stopped giving his weekly class ever since The Covid Thing happened, maybe you’re on the hunt for a new challenge, or maybe you just think it would […]
