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Our Sages state of certain individuals that they have incurred the death penalty for their tr...
The Talmud states that he who wants to live should kill himself (Tammid 32a). It also states ...
The 23rd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of the Divrei Binah of Bialah: “This is the decree of the T...
The 19th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Shimshon (ben Chaim) of Kossov: “This is the ...
The 21st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of the Noam Elimelech: “This is the decree of the Torah, wh...
Hiding: “The table is set. The meat is served. There is a knife prepared. But we have naught ...
Why does God declare that the laws of the Parah Adumah are a Chok? What is ...
"A flogging not mentioned in the Torah" 1 - this refers to the death of Torah scholars. The ...
The Baal Shem Tov taught: Some people need to prepare themselves before prayer so that their ...
Do not seek greatness for yourself, and do not covet honor. More than the amount of your lear...
He (Yehuda ben Taima) used to say: A five-year old should begin reading Scripture. At ten, he...
Avot [5:10] – Seven kinds of suffering come to the world for seven kinds of transgressions. (...
1) The Mishnah in Avot (5:10) makes reference to a famine of “batzores”. Rishonim explain thi...
The Mishnah in Avot (5:9) tells us that there are seven habits of a golem (an unshaped, unref...
According to the Mishnah in Avot (5:8), ten extraordinary items were created Erev Shabbat of ...
The Mishnah tells us there were ten miracles performed for our ancestors in the time of the (...
With ten tests was Avraham Avinu tested and he withstood them all; this was to make known the...
The world was created with Ten Utterances. What does this teach us? Indeed, could it not have...
Ten miracles were performed for our ancestors in Egypt and ten at the Sea. Ten plagues did th...
Ten miracles were performed for our forefathers in Egypt, and ten on the Sea. Ten plagues did...
As it happens, this coming Shabbos is my birthday according to the Hebrew calendar, although ...
There is a widely accepted idiom originating in the sixteen hundreds and it is Seeing is Beli...
Reflections from my trip down the memory lanes of a lost world: On the surface many of them l...
Parshas Chukas begins with the quintessential Chok of the Torah - V'yikchu aylecha parah adum...
How hard do you try to find someone to criticize your opinions? If your name is Warren Buffe...
The connection between the parsha of Korach and the parsha of tzitizis is explained by Rashi ...
Reb Shlomo Carlebach zt"l: a small excerpt from a shiur given in NY 1984 belongs to the esta...
When Aron Hakohen passes away so do the clouds of glory. For it was due to his merit that the...
The Netherlands seems to be demonstating to the world that it is in the forefront fighting ag...
Parshas Chukas presents us with the laws of the Parah Adumah, or Red Heifer, which is used as...
This Shabbos we are learning about the Para Aduma, and we are learning about how the Kohen wo...
None of the siblings in leadership capacity among the Nation of Israel made it into the Land ...
The Torah reading of Chukat always occurs at the beginning of the month of Tammuz. The physic...
None of the siblings in leadership capacity among the Nation of Israel made it into the Land ...
This week's parsha is like a roller coaster. It begins suddenly with the quintessential chok...
This is for all of you out there (and all of you with wives, sisters, mothers, or daughters) ...
Podcasts: A Cow Is Found, Parah Transport, The Road To Purity, Children, A Branch and A Smack...
Judges 11:1-33: The Children of Israel were offered a choice at Sinai: Do you want to live...
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