A Classic Debate In March 2019, for the first time, I was asked to rule on a classic and very beautiful issue in halacha. A
The gemara in Kiddushin (32a) cites a debate about whether a teacher/rav can waive the honor due him from a student, to be mochel al
My late relative, Rav Avrohom Genechovsky, zt”l, shared with me a wonderful insight that has relevant applicability to Shavuot. He quoted the Gemara in Brachot
The weeks following Pesach bring us to the time of Kabbalat HaTorah. Just before receiving the Torah, the pasuk (Yisro 19:17) says that all of
Parshat Bamidbar Sefer Hoshea from which this week’s haftarah is taken is the first book of Trei Asar, the collection of 12 “minor” (read: smaller)
When referring to the Leviim, the Torah uses an interesting word that appears in a few of those references: “And I have hereby taken the
We experience life through the medium of time. Each new moment brings with it new opportunities as we ascend through the journey of time. Amidst
I. Average Often, we are rightly told to strive for greatness. But that doesn’t mean we have to act like we are better than everyone
From the time I was a young boy I have been taught that everyone was present when we received the Torah at Mount Sinai, even
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h, and Meira Chaya Nechama Beracha, a”h,
Children from the youngest of ages are taught the ever-important words “Torah tziva lanu Moshe morasha kehillas Yaakov, The Torah that Moshe commanded us is
Hebrew has a root Y-R-H. It means to “proclaim/instruct.” This is the root of the word TORaH. (In the noun form of Y-R-H, the “yod”
