Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights and Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The

Was Yitzchak a willing participant in the Akedah? Two great commentators to the Chumash, the Radak and Ibn Ezra, debate this question. The Radak (Bereishit

When Adam was in Gan Eden, Hashem told him not to eat from the etz hadaat, “… for on the day you shall eat from

על אשר מעלתם בו בתוך בני ישראל במי מריבת קדש מדבר צן על אשר לא קדשתם אותו בתוך בני ישראל (דברים כב:נא) “Because you betrayed

“Now write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the Children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, so this song may be a

Rabbi Tzadok was once propositioned by a Roman noblewoman. He said to her, “My heart is weak, and I am incapable at present. Is there

Most people know that the universal custom among Klal Yisroel is to stay away from bakery products that are not pas Yisroel during this time.

Our parsha contains the famous pasuk: “And Yeshurun became fat and kicked. You became fat, you became thick, you became corpulent—and it deserted Hashem its

With Ha’azinu we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month Moses had taught the people. He had told them their

There is a famous work “Al HaTeshuvah” that summarizes the thoughts of Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik on the subject of repentance. It is a serious