KI TETSE: To forgive or not to forgive?
MISHNE TORA, HILKHOT TESHUBA: Chapter 2, Halacha 10.
"It is forbidden for a Yehudi to be cruel and refuse to forgive. Rather, one should be...
KI TETSE: Death by procrastination
ואחר כן תבוא אליה…ולקחת לך לאשהרש”י :לא דברה תורה אלא כנגד יצר הרע
WAR CRIMESThroughout human history, the military leaders of all the peoples of...
SHOFETIM and PARENTING: The Game of Teshuba
By Rabbanit Coty Bittón
שופטים ושוטרים תתן לך
The Hakhamim of Musar noticed a very important message in the first Pasuq of our Parasha, something related...
EQEB: The perils of material success
40 years after leaving Egypt and slavery the children of Israel are ready to enter into the promised land. There is one small...
EQEB: Nessim’s biggest reward (based on real life events)
Should we observe the Tora and its commandments, expecting a material reward?
This week's Parasha seems to respond affirmatively to this question. The second part...
TU BEAB: What do we celebrate today?
עוד ישמע בערי יהודה ובחוצות ירושלם קול ששון קול שמחה קול חתן קול כלה
We have left behind a mourning period for the Bet haMiqdash,...
What Tragic Events We Remember On The 9th of Ab?
This coming Saturday night, August 6th and Sunday August 7th, we will commemorate Tish'a beAb, the Jewish National Day of Mourning.
Our rabbis mentioned five...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: Bread and Jerusalem
One of the deepest spiritual experiences I have in Israel has to do ironically with food. More specifically, eating a meal with bread, something...
I ❤️ ISRAEL: The Western Wall and Aladdin’s Lamp Syndrome
JERUSALEM, BEFORE SUNSET
For the past week, I have been in Bak'a, a beautiful neighborhood in Jerusalem. Last Shabbat, my wife and I decided to...
BALAQ: Moshe’s Humility vs Bilam’s Arrogance
WHO WAS BILAM?
Although one of the Perashiot we read this week is named after the King of Moab, Balaq, the main protagonist is a...
