SHABBAT and plowing (Choresh)
Today is the 16th day of Shebat , 5771
Choresh, or plowing, is one of the thirty-nine melachot --works or activities-- prohibited on Shabbat.
Plowing is...
HONORING PARENTS and other relatives.
Today is the 12th day of Shebat , 5771The Mitzva of honoring parents extends to other relatives. The main difference between our parents and...
SHABBAT and watering plants and flowers (Zore’a)
Today is the 9th day of Shebat , 5771
There are 39 categories of Melakha (creative tasks) that are forbidden of Shabbat.
One of them is...
The middle of the road
Today is the 7th day of Shebat , 5771 Maimonides explains that when we detect in our personalities an inclination toward one extreme, we...
Balanced parenting
Today is the 5th day of Shebat , 5771Honoring parents is one of the most important Mitzvot of the Torah.Children are commanded to respect,...
SHABBAT plucking fruits or flowers (Kotzer)
Today is the 2nd day of Shebat , 5771
There are 39 categories of Melakha (creative tasks) that are forbidden of Shabbat. One of them...
Compulsive liars
Today is Rosh Chodesh Shebat , 5771The Torah forbids to lie.The Torah distinguishes between different levels of lying. In Shemot 23, 7 the...
Gardening and shaping habits
Today is the 29th day of Tebet, 5771Maimonides (Rambam) writes in Hilkhot De'ot Ch. 1, that we all have different habits and tendencies. ...
HONORING PARENTS After they pass away
Today is the 27th day of Tebet, 5771Honoring parents is a Mitzva that extends after our parents pass away. The Laws of Abelut (mourning)...
The inconveniet truth
Today is the 23rd day of Tebet, 5771The rabbis explained that we come closer to God to the extent that we are willing to...
