by Rabbi Nachman Levine
Posted on October 27, 2016
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by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
Posted on October 26, 2016
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by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Posted on October 26, 2016
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by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on October 10, 2016
In one of his last instructions to the children of Israel, Moshe commands the people in the mitzvah of hakhel, a public reading of the Torah to take place once every seven years. All the people are to be present: “Gather the nation: the men, the women, and the children, and the stranger who is in your gates” (31:12). …
by Rabbi Haggai Resnikoff
Posted on October 6, 2016
It may seem odd to us that people would ask a rabbi who to marry or vote for, but the Torah, in fact, does have reference to all aspects of our lives and the experts in Torah may well have wisdom and advice to impart in all areas of our lives.…
by Rabbi Haggai Resnikoff
Posted on October 6, 2016
Apart from the “Shema Yisra’el” with which we are so familiar, Parshat Va’etchanan has three other instances where we see similar instructions for Israel to listen. What do the Other Shema Yisraels have that our Shema doesn’t. Considering their emphasis, wouldn’t it be better to recite them twice daily rather than our Shema? …