Importance Living in a world inhabited by billions of people can make us feel unimportant — as if our existence does not matter. Chazal felt
Many people associate being Jewish with being hated. Hashem has a different association. Though He created all human beings in His image, the Jewish people
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי… וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹקים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹקים הוּא חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת (שמות לב), אַל תִּקְרָא חָרוּת אֶלָּא חֵרוּת, שֶׁאֵין לְךָ
בֶּן הֵא הֵא אוֹמֵר, לְפוּם צַעֲרָא אגרא: (אבות ה:כג) The Conclusion Because Masechet Avot initially consisted of five perakim, the fifth perek’s last words are
בַּדֶּרֶךְ יְחִידִי וְ(הַ)מְפַנֶּה לִבּוֹ לְבַטָּלָה, הֲרֵי זֶה מִתְחַיֵּב בְּנַפְשׁוֹ: (אבות ג:ד) רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַמְהַלֵּךְ בַדֶּרֶךְ וְשׁוֹנֶה וּמַפְסִיק מִמִּשְׁנָתוֹ וְאוֹמֵר, מַה נָּאֶה אִילָן זֶה וּמַה
Sharansky’s Message In 2016, Natan Sharansky celebrated the 30th anniversary of his release from the Gulag after nine years in prison. At his annual dinner
Last week, we saw that human suffering results from man’s actions, rather than part of Hashem’s intention for His ideal world. This week, we will
Though Hashem controls the world and decrees human suffering (as we saw in previous pieces), humanity is its cause. All Good The Torah’s very
Most Yerushalmim visit Har Herzl once a year—on Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for Israeli soldiers). Sadly, we have all been there many more times this
Hundreds of people attended a bittersweet brit milah at Yeshivat Hakotel last Thursday, of a baby born to Yehonatan and Aviyah Luber. Three especially powerful
Our last piece addressed the importance of our intentions. The mishna at the beginning of Avot’s second perek relates to another aspect of our psyche—our
Important Intent My past two pieces presented Avot’s definition of the world’s goal as glorifying Hashem. This goal should impact not only what we do,
