Benefitting From the Work of a Non-Jew on Shabbat: Bava Kamma 80b
If you, yourself, may not perform a melacha, you may not ask a non-Jew to perform it for you. This is true both for biblically
If you, yourself, may not perform a melacha, you may not ask a non-Jew to perform it for you. This is true both for biblically
You’ve probably noticed that my titles are often known phrases or plays on words. Part of it is to pique your interest, and part of
The idea of ‘closure’ is a very popular one in the arena of mental health. A quick Google search of the term describes it as
Though Hashem controls the world, we are responsible for doing our part. We do not determine the ultimate result but are responsible for making good
“And Hashem said to Moshe, ‘Behold I shall cause bread to rain for you from the heaven, and the people shall go out and collect
A revolutionary educator and builder of Torah, the famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt’l, reoriented the focus of avodas Hashem on gadlus
In their first three years, trees produce fruit that are orlah, which we are forbidden to eat or derive any benefit from them. We exhibit
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת-עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף, עִמּוֹ: כִּי הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר, פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֱלֹקים אֶתְכֶם, וְהַעֲלִיתֶם אֶת-עַצְמֹתַי מִזֶּה אִתְּכֶם.(שמות יג/יט) (At the time of the
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As we confront the latest wave of antisemitism and the war in Israel, we can look to “Shirat haYam,”or Song of the Sea, for inspiration.
“ויהי בשלח פרעה את העם….” Parshas Beshalach begins with Bnei Yisroel having left Mitzrayim, on their way, in the desert. We are on the cusp