One of the Gemara’s most charming and well-known stories involves a non-Jew who sought to be converted on condition that he be appointed as Kohen
Korach was a cynical demagogue who launched a mutiny against Moshe. This was nothing holy about his intentions. The actual claims he lodged, however, did
There are lots of signs of summer. School and yeshiva end and camp begins. Tests and classrooms take a backseat to the relaxing outdoors. Weddings
Reb Hirsch Leib Lippel was a respected Breslover chassid and mashpia, one of the unique figures and Baalei Mesorah of Rebbe Nachman’s kevutzah (group) who
A number of years ago a friend mentioned that there was a shul not too far from me that was looking to hire a chazan
Numerous explanations are offered to explain what were Korach’s motivations in starting a religious mutiny against Moshe and Aharon. Rashi (16:7) cites the Midrash Tanchuma
This week’s haftarah requires no deep analysis to understand our rabbis’ choice of the 11th and 12th chapters of Shmuel Aleph for today’s haftarah. The
“Oy l’rasha, v’oy l’shcheino,” “Woe is to a wicked person, and woe is to his neighbor.” This famous comment is quoted by Rashi in our
Last week, we encountered hafka’at kiddushin, abrogation of betrothal, as proposed by Rav Ashi, a sixth-generation Amora and redactor of the Talmud. Let’s consider how
Step-Parent Week is generally celebrated in the beginning of June in the United States, but Halacha is something that applies all year round. Everyone knows
”רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַדִּין וְעַל הָאֱמֶת וְעַל הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה ח) אֱמֶת וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם שִׁפְטוּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם: (אבות
Of all the symbols or signs that Hashem could have sent to convey to Bnei Yisrael that Ahron’s children and the tribe of Levi were
