The class deals with oft-given excuses used to justify lying, such as cognitive dissonance- that people feel a need to falsely justify their stand or personality. Also dealing with geniuses who can prove or disprove any side they want, but we're just interested in real "truth", one of the 13 Godly attributes.
Between the recital of morning berachos and Boruch She’amar, which begins pesukei dezimra, is a section of the davening colloquially referred to as “korbanos,” since it includes many references to the various offerings brought in the Beis Hamikdash. The goal of this article is to provide an overview and some details about this part of the davening.
One year when lighting the first candle of Hanukkah with Rabbi Baruch from Mez'ibose' , the flame jumped and disappeared from the candle, with no signs of smoke.
How does the flame, the darkness and the exile connect Hanukkah?
My friend Yaakov* often travels in places where there are no kosher products available,
and he has amassed a list of items that he can eat and drink wherever he finds himself.
He told me that someone once told him that when traveling he may eat cottage cheese
without any hechsher. What is the rationale for this psak?
Jerusalem’s eminence stems from its being the city of the Holy Temple, the home of the kingdom of Israel, and the Torah center of the world. In liberating Jerusalem we merited advancing toward the full revelation of the greatness of the Holy City.