More Than Just Repair We have seen how challenges can shake our confidence and hinder growth. In truth, Hashem intends the opposite effect—He orchestrates these
Unconditional love. We know what that means when it comes to our relationships with family members and friends. What does it mean when it comes
In the middle of Moshe’s retelling of the sin of the Golden Calf—which occurred in the first year after the Exodus—he includes two verses (Devarim
On Bava Batra 55a, Rabba (bar Nachmani) relates a set of three teachings which Ukvan bar Nechemia, the Exilarch, told him in Shmuel’s name. The
כִּי תֹאמַר בִּלְבָבְךָ רַבִּים הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה מִמֶּנִּי אֵיכָה אוּכַל לְהוֹרִישָׁם: לֹא תִירָא מֵהֶם זָכֹר תִּזְכֹּר אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְדֹוָד אֱלֹקיךָ לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל מִצְרָיִם (דברים ז:יז-יח)
We have two brachot d’orayta—two explicit commands from the written Torah to make a blessing, after one finishes a meal and before learning Torah. The
Parshat Eikev “ותאמר ציון עזבני ה’,וה’ שכחני”—Of the various responses of Israel to the promised redemption prophesied by the Navi Yishayahu, none are more painful
One of the questions that is often asked about blowing shofar (during Elul) to confuse the Satan is, “Hasn’t he figured it out already?” The
The pasuk in our parsha states: “You should know in your heart that just as a father will chastise his son, so Hashem, your God,
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I am traveling from New York westward to Japan (flight XX YY), leaving early Monday
“Im shamoa tishmeu:” “Lehaazin” means “to hear.” But “lishmoa” often includes “to understand” and “to obey.” For the last, see, e.g., Psalms 18:45. The doubling
As the last surviving son and successor of the Brisker Rov, Rav Meshulam Dovid HaLevi Soloveitchik, zt’l, was a staunch guardian of derech ha-limud (study
