In the beginning of this week’s parsha, Avraham excitedly welcomes the three guests into his home and immediately springs into action preparing them a delicious
Finally, on Nedarim 10a, we learn what a kinuy, nickname, for a neder is! The first Mishna (2a) had declared that such nicknames were as
Avraham was the epitome of a giver who truly personified the midah of chesed. What’s the essence of the midah of chesed, and what does
Rav Yisroel Belsky, zt”l — rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaas — was an exceptional Torah personality and one of the great poskim of our generation.
וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו ה’ בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא וְהוּא ישֵׁב פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל כְּחֹם הַיּוֹם (בראשית יח:א) “And Hashem appeared to him in the field of Mammre and he
Students of Hebrew are taught early on that the hitpael functions as a “reflexive” stem, i.e., that the actor is doing some action on himself.
By Rav Reuven Taragin רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, אֵיזוֹהִי דֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה שֶׁיָּבוֹר לוֹ הָאָדָם? כֹּל שֶׁהִיא תִפְאֶרֶת לְעוֹשֶׂיהָ וְתִפְאֶרֶת לוֹ מִן הָאָדָם. וֶהֱוֵי זָהִיר בְּמִצְוָה קַלָּה כְּבַחֲמוּרָה,
Question: I am saying Kaddish and, recently, went to a shiva house for tefillah. After I said a Kaddish with the aveilim, someone told me
Anxiety is in the air. Everywhere we turn, concerns are expressed about rising antisemitism, and the future of our divided country. In this context it
Is One Required To Live In Israel, Part III Unlike the Yishuv school of thought described in the previous article, the Kibbutz Galuyot school of
Questions have played an important role in Jewish education for centuries. Educators work on crafting the perfect question to assess students’ knowledge and understanding of
After Yom Kippur, a young man approached me to thank me for what he said was truly “an inspirational service.” “Rabbi,” he said, “this was
