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Volume 37, No. 47
10 Tishrei 5784
September 25, 2023
Sponsored by Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of husband and father ...read more
Parshas Ha’azinu and Yom Kippur
Devorim 32:4: "The Rock -- His work is perfect, all of His ways are just. The faithful G-d, without guilt -- He is 'tzadik' (righteous) and ...read more
The Din-Rachamim Tango of the Yamim Noraim
.[2]When I call out the name of Hashem, render greatness to our G-d
“Seek Hashem when He can be found; call Him when He is near.”[3] Chazal ...read more
What the Whole Day is About
Just as a Mikva purifies the impure, so too, the Holy One, Blessed be He, purifies Israel. - The Conclusion of Mishne Yoma Chapter 8
It was ...read more
The Right Choice
Ha’azinu
Volume 37, No. 46
8 Tishrei 5784
September 23, 2023
Sponsored by Nancy & David Broth and Rona & Aaron Lerner in memory of ...read more
Clean Break
Friday Night
LAST EREV SHABBOS my chavrusa and I wished each other a good last Shabbos of the year (I’m writing this before Rosh Hashanah), ...read more
Sweeter Than Honey
Why are little Jewish children all over the world singing, “Dip the apple in the honey…”? “If they are not prophets, then they are the children ...read more
The Connection Between Peah and Malchiyos
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: ## 1349 – ...read more
Molded Future
The Chofetz Chaim writes that at times we perceive injustice in the way that the world is being run. We see 'bad things happening to good ...read more
Say It With Chumros
The forty days from the beginning of Elul through Yom Kippur correspond with the forty days during which Moshe beseeched Hashem to forgive Bnei ...read more
Other Articles
Chapter 4, Law 2(a) – What Will the Neighbors Think?
Among them (the twenty four factors which interfere with repentance listed in this chapter) are five things which lock the path of teshuva ...read more
Chapter 4, Mishna 19: Does the World Exist?
Rabbi Yannai said, it is not in our power to explain neither the tranquility of the wicked nor the suffering of the righteous.
This week's ...read more
Chapter 4, Law 1 – Missing the Boat
There are twenty four things which interfere with (lit., 'hold back') repentance. Four of them are such serious sins that one who does one of ...read more
Chapter 4, Mishna 18: The Torah Wanderlust
Rabbi Nehorai said: Exile yourself to a place of Torah and do not say it will come after you or that your colleagues will preserve it for you. ...read more
Chapter 4, Mishna 17: The Crown of Torah
Rabbi Shimon said, there are three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingship. And the crown of a good name ...read more
Chapter 3, Law 14(b) – Hope for the Elderly
When is it the case that all of these [people] have no share in the World to Come? When they die without repentance ('teshuva'). But if [such a ...read more
Returning Apples
QUESTION 47
My wife said that she bought 5 apples at a local market, and that they tasted spoiled. I returned the apples, and they gave me ...read more
For the Sake of Peace
God said to Avraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I indeed have a child when I am so old?'" (Bereshith 18:13)
In fact these were not ...read more
Kindness and Justice
The halachah rules that one should wash his right hand first. The Zohar explains the deeper meaning of this practice. "A person should wash his ...read more
Women & Shabbat Candles
Our sages set forth three reasons why we light Shabbat candles. First, for peace and harmony in the home; second, to honor Shabbat and third, to ...read more
