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The very first chapter in the Shabbat section of the Shulchan Arukh is entitled “To be careful with the honor of Shabbat”, and the chapter itself tells us to honor the...

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...

Part One: Living The Miracle Part Two: Larger than Life Part Three: Looking Back Part One: Living The Miracle In the wake of the tragic episode of the meraglim (spies), who...

Holy and Secular – The taxi driver’s hands felt heavy. But just when he decided to put the sign down and rest his weary hands, the merchant appeared at the gate...

In Parshat Shlach we read of the following incident which occurred during our 40-year journey in the wilderness. A man was found gathering wood on Shabbat. Those who found him brought...

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 Kitzur Shulchan Arukh writes that “it is a mitzva to eat fish at each Shabbat meal” (KSA 72:7, as found in Magen Avraham OC 242:1 citing Tikkunei Shabbat). There is...

Parshat Be’ha’alotcha 5767 Eight times in his commentary on Chumash, Rashi asks “lama nisma’cha” (why did the Torah choose this particular sequence of verses). He meant that since the episodes of...

Perhaps the most prominent custom of the Shavuot holiday is to stay up at night studying Torah. This custom is mentioned in the Zohar, which explains the importance of this custom...

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...