There’s a famous midrash on Parshas Yisro detailing how Hashem held Har Sinai over the heads of the Jewish people like a barrel, instructing them
I. The Law of The Abutter 1. Right of First Refusal When a property is put up for sale, Jewish law provides the owner of
As the Jewish people approached Har Sinai to receive the Torah, Rashi, quoting the Mechilta, describes us as being “ish echad b’lev echad,” as one
There have been many times that we have wondered why Hashem chose us to have four children with special needs. We have come up with
Rarely does one merit to see more than a hundred bachurim, yungeleit and even children under bar mitzvah publicly farhered on the entire Shas! That
Parshat Bechukotai uses the classical carrot or stick approach to motivate the new Jewish nation to follow Hashem’s decrees and commandments. First we read 10
In the Mishnah on Yevamot 81a, Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Shimon declare that an androgynous kohen’s wife may eat terumah. A brayta (83a) seems to
After a whole slew of harsh punishments delineated in the “tochacha,” the pasuk finally says that we admitted our wrongdoings—“And they will confess their iniquity…”
There is something odd about a verse toward the end of the third aliyah of this week’s parsha. The verse reads: “And I will remember
Dreams are a common part of daily life to which the Talmudic Sages attribute great importance. However, on a more careful look, we find conflicting
Parshat Bechukotai The message that the navi Yirmiyahu imparts to us in this week’s haftarah is a difficult one. It is difficult to read, difficult
A dizzying, tumultuous time in our calendar is soon coming to an end. We are once again riding this annual emotional roller-coaster, careening through modern
