Parshat Vayakhel Shabbat Shekalim The special haftarah selection that is read for Shabbat Shekalim tells the story of King Yehoash. Over these years I have
What do you do when your people have just made a Golden Calf, run riot, and lost its sense of ethical and spiritual direction? How
Part II כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעוֹלָמוֹ, לֹא בְרָאוֹ אֶלָּא לִכְבוֹדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מג), כֹּל הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְלִכְבוֹדִי בְּרָאתִיו יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו, וְאוֹמֵר
These days you can order almost anything and have it delivered to your door in a relatively short amount of time. Unfortunately, emotions don’t work
It’s amazing how Chazal can learn crucial life lessons from one letter in the Torah, or one small change in the Torah text. In this
On the day that they removed Rabban Gamliel from his position as the chief rabbi and appointed Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah in his place, they
On a train ride across the frozen Lithuanian countryside, the Chofetz Chaim traveled with a group of disciples on their way to an important meeting.
Abaye and Rava are contemporaries. They are fourth-generation Amoraim of Pumbedita academy who studied under the same teachers, and their disputes are frequently featured throughout
We are all familiar with the word “tefillin.” But what did it originally mean? If one looks at the Mishnah, usually the word appears in
Dear Rabbi Lawrence, My friend from work is not observant and just had her son on Shabbat last week. I saw that the bris was
In my previous article I qualified the meaning of al pi darko to mean “empowering each child to become an adult.” The way children express
“I don’t even know your name! You just appeared out of nowhere! You look like a nice guy, but why did you come here?” Something
