In Bava Batra 83a, Rabbi Yirmeya raises two dilemmas. Shmuel had earlier specified a distance between a set of three trees to be considered one
The current discord and rifts within Klal Yisrael pose a huge challenge, undermining our fundamental identification as “goy echad ba’aretz —one nation in the land,”and
Bava Batra 28a, 42a “Excuse me, you are sitting in my seat.” How many times have we been asked to move while deep in prayer
I have been attending summer camp for over three decades. I have been a camper, masmid, office boy, junior counselor, counselor, learning rebbe, head waiter,
Our parsha states: “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the congregation of Hashem, to eternity, because of the fact that they did not greet
We first met Ammon and Moav in Sefer Bereishis (19:36-38), had a rough encounter with Moav in Sefer Bamidbar (22:2-4, 25:1-3), were told in Sefer
לא יבא עמוני ומואבי בקהל ידוד גם דור עשירי לא יבא להם בקהל ידוד עד עולם: על דבר אשר לא קדמו אתכם בלחם ובמים בדרך
It is well-known that the world of Brisk was one of meticulous observance of mitzvos. It is also well known that Rav Refoel Soloveitchik was
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I want to buy a hammock and am considering two types: One is attached to
Parshas Ki Seitzei speaks of the “ben sorer u’moreh—the rebellious child.” This rebellious child became so caught up in his gluttonous ways that he stopped
Part II As I wrote last week, this disputation took place over four days. It was held at the palace of King James I of
(The following ideas have been born, in part, due to a severe health challenge I’ve been dealing with for the past 12 years: losing my
