PIRQE ABOT, Rabbi Eliezer on character assassination
...המלבין פני חבירו ברבים... אע"פ שיש בידו תורה ומעשים טוביםאין לו חלק לעולם הבאRabbi Eliezer from the city of Modi'in says in Pirqe Abot...
KOSHER MONEY: Loving HaShem with all your possessions
The economic life of a Jew, his attitude toward material assets, his ethical conduct in buying and selling, etc. should reflect the religious values...
Rabbi Isaac Cardoso (1608-1687)
Rabbi Isaac Cardoso was a Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer. He was born as Fernando Cardoso into a marrano family in Beira, Portugal...
YOM HAATZMAUT: 66 years of reconciliation
The 5th of Iyar, or May 14th, 1948, was one of the greatest days in the history of the people of Israel. That day,...
YOM HAZIKARON: 23,169 z”l
Israel Independence Day, YOM HA'ATZMAUT, which will begin tonight, celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Today, YOM HAZIKARON, the day...
JEWISH BUSINESS ETHICS: Introduction
"Many of us have a mistaken idea of what is within the compass or scope of our religious traditions. People know that lighting Hanukah...
Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano (d.1611)
It is not known when and where Rabbi Menahem ben Judah de Lonzano was born. Probably in Turkey or Italy. But we do know...
PIRQE ABOT 1:7, tell me who your friends are…
ניתאי הארבלי אומר הרחק משכן רע ואל תתחבר לרשע
ואל תתייאש מן הפורענות
To prepare ourselves for Shabu'ot, the day we received the Tora, it is customary...
MAIMONIDES on ABODA ZARA (11:12): Can we use the Tora to...
ויהיו חיים לנפשך משלי ג' כ"בIn Halakha 11:10 Maimonides writes about the enchanter or...
PESAH EVE: What do we have to do today?
Ta'anit Bekhorot (Fast of the first born) Today is Ta'anit bekhorot, the fast of the first born (seehere). Because this fast day is a custom (minhag)...
