THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: You shall not invoke His name in vain
"You shall not invoke the name of HaShem your God in vain, for HaShem will not forgive those who invoke His name in vain."
For...
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: Thou shalt not misrepresent Me
"You shall not invoke the name of HaShem your God in vain, for HaShem will not forgive those who carry / invoke His name...
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: On being an observant Jew
מה תלמוד לומר לא תשא את שם ה 'אלהיך לשוא, שלא תהא תפילין נושא וטלית עוטף והולך ועובר עבירות
"You shall take (carry, invoke) the...
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not be superstitious”
המניח ספר תורה או תפילין על התינוק כדי שיישן
We are analyzing the second commandment, "Thou shalt have NO other gods before Me." The Tora...
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: “Thou shalt not displace”
לא יהיה לך
The second commandment contains four precepts. 1. The prohibition of believing in any god or entity, mythological or natural, which has an...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT and the Golden Calf
אנכי ה' אלקיך
When the people of Israel thought that Moses was not returning from Mount Sinai, they made an idol, a golden calf. At...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: What is the First Commandment really saying?
אנכי ה 'אלקיך
Yesterday, we explained that the opening statement of the Ten Commandments "I am HaShem your God, who brought you out of the...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: A Mitsva or a preamble?
Today we begin to analyze the first of the Ten Commandments. As we shall see, understanding what this commandment is saying is not easy....
10 COMMANDMENTS: How come we don’t know them better?
In the coming days, we will examine BH the Ten Commandments or עשרת הדברות.
Question: Why the 10 Commandments, despite their notoriety, are not so...
PIRQE ABOT 3:1: The sleeping rider syndrome
דע מאין באת ....
Where do you come from? Where are you going to? WHO are you going to be facing when you report what...
PIRQE ABOT 3:1: Integrity, without exceptions
In the third chapter of Pirqe Abot we find Aqabiya ben Mahalalel, a prominent rabbi of the time of the Mishna, who lived during...
The Marseille Synagogue that is becoming a Mosque
אִם-יִהְיֶה נִדַּחֲךָ, בִּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם מִשָּׁם, יְקַבֶּצְךָ ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, וּמִשָּׁם, יִקָּחֶךָ. וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ; וְהֵיטִבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ, מֵאֲבֹתֶיךָ
4 'דברים ל
Today we...
Yom Hazikaron: 23,447 z”l
We commemorate today Yom Hazikaron ("The Day of Remembrance" or "Memorial day") honoring the memory of the soldiers of the Israeli army who sacrificed...
PIRQE ABOT 1:1: On Justice and Education
הוו מתונים בדין והעמידו תלמידים הרבה ועשו סייג לתורה
The first Mishna of Pirque Abot brings us back to the time of Anshe Keneset Hagedola, the Great Assembly, which...
PIRQE ABOT: The ideal Jew
כי ידוע הוא שהמעלה הגדולה אשר אין אחריה מעלה היא שיהיה האדם טוב לשמים וטוב לבריות
מגן אבות לרשב"ץ , הקדמה
Rabbi Shimon Duran (Rashbets, 1361-1444)...
Preparations for Pesah, tonight and tomorrow morning
THURSDAY APRIL 21
Owning Hamets, keeping Hamets in our possession during Pesah, is a biblical prohibition. To avoid this, we clean our houses, car, office,...
PESAH, in the Bet haMiqdash
The eve of Pesah, Nisan 14th, was a very busy day in the times of the Bet-haMiqdash. Hundreds of thousands of Jews came to...
Understanding the prohibition of owning Hamets during Pesah
בל יראה
בל ימצא
השבתת חמץ
One of the elements that makes the prohibition of Hamets so unique is that, unlike any other forbidden foods, it includes...
Getting your kitchen and appliances ready for Pesah (summary)
Sinks and countertops: The sink, countertops and kitchen-tables should be thoroughly cleaned before Pesah from any possible Hamets residue. Since in our days we...
Psychological Hamets
השאור שבעיסה
In addition to the Mitsva of eating Matsa during Pesah, it is strictly forbidden to eat or possessing any food that is or...
