“Rain, rain, go away, come again another day,” is part and parcel of our childhood upbringing. We tend to view rain as annoying, making us wet and disheveled. It blurs […]
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Yom Kippur is the most awesome day of the year. This is the final day of the Ten Days of Repentance which began on Rosh Hashana. This is the day […]
On Rosh Hashanah we have the special Mitzvah (commandment) of listening to the sound of the shofar (the blowing of a special kind of horn). The Rambam (Laws of Teshuvah, […]
Do you know how sometimes you just know something? It’s not because of the compelling proof you have, because you don’t need proof. You just know it, more clearly than […]
This week’s Torah reading, Parshas Ki Savo, describes an episode that took place as the Jews neared the land of Israel. The Jews were split up into two groups, with […]
The interesting thing about Orthodox Judaism is that it is very, very old, and at the same time, relatively new. Now of course, that statement is going to need some […]
This week’s Torah reading, Parshas Shoftim, discusses the laws of going to war. Interestingly, one of the instructions the Torah gives is (20:1), “When you shall advance to war against […]
This week’s Torah reading, Parshas Re’eh, begins with the following verses: “Behold I gave before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing, if you listen to the commandments […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Eikev (8:10), we have the Mitzvah (commandment) of Birchas Hamazon – saying grace after a meal (of bread). The Sefer Hachinuch (Mitzvah 430) says […]
