by Rabbi Daniel Travis | Jul 4, 2024 | Intermediate
“After you acted with haughtiness by eating and drinking, you then accept the yoke of heaven on yourself!” (Berachos 10b) With these words, the Gemara teaches us that eating beforehand implies arrogance. Accordingly, one may drink water, which is not a...
by Rebbetzin Leah Kohn | Jul 4, 2024 | Beginner
Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz The problem of the agunah — the “chained” or “anchored” wife — is a serious one, though it is not as prevalent as many Jewish feminists maintain. The term “agunah” appears in the Talmud...
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld | Jul 3, 2024 | Beginner
Whoever possesses the following three traits is of the students of our father Abraham, and [whoever possesses] a different three traits is of the students of the wicked Balaam. [Those who have] a good eye, a humble spirit and a ‘lowly’ soul [are] of the...
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld | Jun 28, 2024 | Beginner
The revenge that there is no revenge worse than it is that the soul will be cut off and will not merit life [in the World to Come], as it is stated (regarding one who commits idolatry), ‘cut off, that soul shall be cut off, its sin is within it’ (Numbers...
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld | Jun 28, 2024 | Beginner
Anyone who brings the many towards merit — a sin will not come about through him. And anyone who brings the many to sin will not be given the opportunity to repent. Moses merited and brought merit to the many. The merit of the many was dependent upon him, as it...
