Meisit Treated More Harshly Than a Navi Sheker Devarim, perek 13 describes two different types of people who try to influence us to serve avodah
Achieving a feeling of bitachon is challenging. It is hard to rely on a force we don’t see that emanates from a Being we can’t
Do Jews even believe Satan exists? And if the horned trickster is real, why would he come to synagogue? Shouldn’t he be running a nightclub
רְאֵה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה: אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה–אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ, אֶל-מִצְוֹת ה’ אלוקיכם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם, הַיּוֹם. וְהַקְּלָלָה, אִם-לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ אֶל-מִצְוֹת ה’ אלוקיכם וְסַרְתֶּם מִן-הַדֶּרֶךְ,
Reb Dovid Leib Schvartz, a Viznitzer chassid, endearingly referred to as der heiligeh schnorrer, —the holy beggar,” was a beloved and well-known gabbai tzedakah in
Years ago, I would spend 10 days each summer at a program known as “Sinai Retreats,” spending a nice chunk of each day teaching Torah
One of the highlights of camp each summer—and in many ways its crescendo—are the three days of color war. There are certain unwritten traditions about
How weighty and influential are our actions? One might think their actions and its effect only affect himself, whether for better or worse. However, it’s
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I came out of the bathroom and did netilat yadayim for that purpose, but accidentally
It has become so ubiquitous that it is now a gift item—a Mani-Pedi gift certificate. But there are fascinating halachos that apply to expectant mothers
My biggest dilemma at my wedding will be deciding the order of whom I dance with first. I think about this all the time. After
The mishna (Gittin 82a) discusses a case where a man divorces his wife, telling her, “you are permitted to everyone except for ploni.” Rabbi Eliezer
