Note: I originally wrote the killing having occurred in Yeshivas Toras Moshe (ToMo). That’s incorrect. R’ Moshe Twersky ZT”L was a teacher at ToMo, hence the confusion. -Rafi Very recently news spread of the unspeakable massacre of four Rabbis…
The fact that the clay tablet talks about the ark being round rather than almost triangular-shaped demonstrates that the story was adapted to conform with each individual culture.
This week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, starts off with setting up Shoftim V’Shotrim – judges and cops – in every city of Israel in order to ensure a sound society. The police would enforce the law and the judges would…
Tamar Ross is an Orthodox theologian who has been writing in the past two decades . Her biggest academic focus is Jewish thought – particularly the hasidut and mussar movements. For more info on Ms. Ross, see http://leoemercer.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/introducing-tamar-ross/
Someone I once knew was always fond of saying, “you gotta make money; you can’t live on love!” He would use that line on Kollel people and working stiffs alike, it didn’t matter who you were. At any rate, that phrase was…
In this weeks’ Parasha, we see that Moshe Rabbeinu prayed to Hashem to enter Israel. However, the term used is “Va’Etchanan” (he entreated), as if he was trying to get on Hashem‘s “good side” as it were. Moshe’s intention…
Ami Maimon (of Bat-Yam) a radio announcer for “Kol Barama” shared an amazing story that he heard in the synagogue from a soldier: during an all-night military operation of an elite unit, the unit was told to take shelter…
We must be very careful to avoid negative thoughts; since in addition to the inherent negativity of such thoughts, they actually have the power to cause one to act upon them causing real damage. Conversely, forcing our minds to…
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons What Happened on the Ninth of Av? On Tisha B’Av, five national calamities occurred: During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the slanderous report of the 10 Spies, and the decree was issued forbidding…
