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The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

Parashat Va’etchanan and Erev Tisha B’Av 5767 I am writing this on the eighth of Av, after descending from two hours on Har Habayit – the Temple Mount, following immersing in...

On the eve of Tisha B’Av, the final meal before the fast already has a mournful character. The meal is eaten in isolation, and only one cooked dish is permitted. The Shulchan...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

Parashat Devarim – Shabbat Chazon Yeshayahu 5767 Part One: The Essential Characteristic of a Leader Part Two: Fulfilling Hashem’s Will Part One: The Essential Characteristic of a Leader It was common knowledge...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

The Shulchan Arukh states that since the beginning of Av is a time of bad fortune for the Jews, it is best to put off litigation with non-Jews until after the...

Parashat Matot-Maasei 5767 Part one: Two Trains Part Two: Annulled Vows Part three: Who do you love more, your father or your mother? Part four: Our grandmothers and the torch Part...

Holy and Secular – The King was weary, frustrated, and humiliated. His beloved son had started a revolution against him. Now he was forced to flee from the palace in Jerusalem....

Parashat Pinchas 5767 Part One: Born out of sin, continued in transgression Part Two: The Agony and the Tragedy Part Three: Zealotry misplaced Part Four: Anonymity, derision, heroism, condemnation Part One:...