This weekend, we celebrate Labor Day. This is a holiday dedicated to the achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the

There is an expression out there known as “Snitches Get Stitches.” The implication is that it is not the ideal place to be. What is

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I learned that Sephardim lein from an erect sefer Torah and Ashkenazim lein when it

Our last pieces addressed the disillusionment caused by falls and failures. Even when successful, we are often intimidated by the enormity of our tasks and

Many children are candy lovers, and when it comes to Shabbat, I feel that is the most suitable time to fulfill that desire for the

The mishna on Bava Batra 64b discusses someone who sells his house without explicitly mentioning in the contract that he’s also selling the cistern on

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The Torah mentions the borders of the Promised Land five times, but only gives specifics once. The other four times, the markers provided are quite

Parshat Re’eh עניה סערה לא נוחמה This week’s haftorah is the fourth of the “sheva de nechemta” and yet, its very first phrase “O, you

כִּי יַכְרִית יְדֹוָד אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בָא שָׁמָּה לָרֶשֶׁת אוֹתָם מִפָּנֶיךָ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֹתָם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְּאַרְצָם: הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן תִּנָּקֵשׁ אַחֲרֵיהֶם אַחֲרֵי הִשָּׁמְדָם מִפָּנֶיךָ

I wonder if others have had this experience too. Before Tisha B’Av, I was listening to a lecture about the importance of being nosei b’ol