Ben Zoma’s Four Questions
We can learn from people with good character. And we can even learn from people with bad character how not to live our lives. We can extract true lessons when we hear how an enemy criticizes us. We can learn from children and those in all strata of society.
When Peaceful People Learn to Fight: Brooklyn’s Jewish Women Mobilize for Self-Defense
Unfortunately, there are targets everywhere, to those who want to find one. As brusque as it might seem, you want that target to be somebody else – and so does Chai Defense.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 140
If we can love our lives until the very last moments, there is every reason to celebrate, and less reason for sadness.
Silver Coins
The common practice is to use silver coins, whether silver dollars minted in the U.S. or special silver coins minted now in Israel with the proper silver content, concluded Rabbi Dayan. Where this is not possible, though, you can redeem with other movable items or possibly even cash of the requisite amount.
Parenting Pitfalls: Common Mistakes and How to Grow From Them
Changing your children’s negative behavior will probably require you to change yourself.
Daf Yomi
To Have Or To Hold
‘Renting Is Not Owning’
(Avodah Zarah 15a)
A Kid’s Life in Wartime Israel
Sometimes I imagine being a grandfather and my grandkids calling me on the phone, saying, Saba, can you give me information about the October 7 war? We’re learning about it in school.
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part XVIII)
Recognizing that having an anxious thought doesn’t mean we must feel anxious allows us to break free from its grip and regain control.
Yehuda Leuchter Does Jewish Reggae
One day, his brother brought him a cassette of Bob Marley. It was the first time he had listened to Bob Marley, and from that moment he got connected to reggae music and started to make his own reggae. It’s kind of as if reggae chose him.
Making Yeshiva Tuition More Affordable: It’s Simple, But Not Easy
In addition to revealing wasteful spending, a regular review process will also empower the school with the information to go to the market and find the most cost-effective services.
Persuaded – Chapter VII
But that’s just it! he said excitedly. If Velvel can’t change his habits in Brooklyn, let him leave Brooklyn! Listen to me! He should rent out his house and live somewhere else for a while!
Tipping Points and Revolutions: The Gradual Road to Overnight Change
The Mishna teaches that any dispute not for the sake of Heaven will not endure. A dispute for Heaven asks, ‘What is right?’ A personal dispute asks, ‘Who is right?’
Holocaust Memorial Passes In Albany; Governor Expected to Sign the Measure by Year’s End
The DSA isn’t going to get into a fight over the design of a Holocaust memorial. The DSA would probably want to put up a memorial to the Nakba...
A Time for Gratitude
I’m not sure whether people fully grasp the magnitude of the miracle. Just the day before, the floors of the building that was hit had been cleared. Entire departments had been relocated to reinforced areas.
Q & A: Mi Sheberach (Part II)
Is there a halachic source for the Mi Sheberach other than its presence in the siddur?
Dear Dr. Yael
Maybe it was true! Maybe they only loved me because of all the joy that I give them. Maybe they don't really love me for myself!
Purim Torah From 1715
This past week, I had the pleasure of acquiring a truly exceptional piece from this rich literary tradition – an Italian manuscript from 1715 that brings together, between two modest covers, some of the most beloved early Purim Torah classics in a beautifully unified volume.
Our Need for Personal Growth
Man’s fate is in his own hands – he decides for himself and for the world. Hashem did not create us as finished products, but with the need and responsibility to develop ourselves properly.
Old Soul
While marriage is holy and beautiful, it is also a huge responsibility. It is a parents’ duty to make sure that their child is physically, emotionally, and mentally prepared for this lifetime commitment.
Will You Rage Against The Entire Community?
Someone who understands reality on such a level also begins to see that all of humanity is really bound together as a cohesive whole.
Parshat Korach: The Weight of War and the Strength to Stand
My father didn’t strut his rank; he carried it. Quietly, firmly, and with gravity. His leadership taught me that being a leader wasn’t about elevation, but rather it was about bearing the weight of others.
Post-Revolt Priestly Presents
The rise in rank for words and letters is due to Korach being above average in words and letters per pasuk. Korach is a short sedra (in a sefer with many long sedras) with fairly long pesukim (in a sefer with lots of short-pasuk sedras).
Frum Faces of Aliyah: The Rosenberg Family – From Dallas to Beit Shemesh
Come. It’s your land. You’ll find your place. You will forge your own path on the backs of those who have done it before you.
Illegitimate Dispute – Korach
[Democracy] is contingent on both sides respecting each other and not crossing red lines. When that breaks down, democracy ceases to function and it degenerates into illegitimate anarchy.
Debate Over Assisted Suicide Law Closes Out Legislative Session
There is a reason why the American Medical Association reiterates their opposition to this bill, because doctors are in the business of saving lives. When a doctor takes an oath it says ‘First, do no harm,’ said Senator George Borrello (R - Sunset Bay, Chautauqua County).
A Lesson in Humility
A humble person does not take credit for his power, his riches, or his intelligence, because he knows it is all from Hashem.
Strengthening the Flickering Flame of Life and Morality
Data shows that physical pain is not the primary motivator for choosing death. Rather, it is loss of autonomy, fear of being a burden, or the inability to engage in enjoyable activities.
The Question of Charity – Giving During Davening
I believe that Hashem is sending these unfortunate people to us as a gift to enhance and strengthen our prayers.
They All Sang In Hebrew (Continued From Last Week)
Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.
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