Zera Shimshon on Haazinu
על אשר מעלתם בו בתוך בני ישראל במי מריבת קדש מדבר צן על אשר לא קדשתם אותו בתוך בני ישראל (דברים כב:נא) “Because you betrayed
על אשר מעלתם בו בתוך בני ישראל במי מריבת קדש מדבר צן על אשר לא קדשתם אותו בתוך בני ישראל (דברים כב:נא) “Because you betrayed
“Now write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the Children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, so this song may be a
Rabbi Tzadok was once propositioned by a Roman noblewoman. He said to her, “My heart is weak, and I am incapable at present. Is there
Most people know that the universal custom among Klal Yisroel is to stay away from bakery products that are not pas Yisroel during this time.
Our parsha contains the famous pasuk: “And Yeshurun became fat and kicked. You became fat, you became thick, you became corpulent—and it deserted Hashem its
With Ha’azinu we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month Moses had taught the people. He had told them their
There is a famous work “Al HaTeshuvah” that summarizes the thoughts of Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik on the subject of repentance. It is a serious
How often do we wish we had a second chance to choose differently and undo any harmful mistakes we might have made in the past?
Question: I will be the chazan for Musaf at a small, quite new minyan. The one thing that is “foreign” to me, is that they
מעות קונות או משיכה קונה Kiddushin 28b You go online to DiamondsAreForever.Com and purchase the diamond ring of your heart’s desire. You pay with your
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם בֶּן מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה אָנֹכִי הַיּוֹם לֹא אוּכַל עוֹד לָצֵאת וְלָבוֹא וַידֹוָד אָמַר אֵלַי לֹא תַעֲבֹר אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה: (דברים לא:ב) On the
Times were tough for the Lithuanian Jewish community in the interwar period. “What can we do to awaken the compassion of our Father-in-Heaven?” asked Rabbi