1196 Lessons
How Vows Are Like Idol-Worship
The beginning of this week's Torah portion of Matot focuses on certain important details pertaining to the laws of vows and oaths. A Torah-mandated oath is one by which one forbids himself to engage in one or more otherwise permitted activities. This leads us to ask a very fundamental question...
Various Rabbis | Tammuz 23 5782
Stories from the Mikveh
Translated by Hillel Fendel
Two small stories on how keeping the family purity Halachos come with devotion.
Various Rabbis | Tevat 10 5782
Who are the Hellenists of Today?
The holiday of Hanuka commemorates both military and spiritual victories, of a national nature, during the Second Temple period. On the one hand, the one-day supply of oil in the Holy Temple miraculously lasted for eight days. On the other hand, the greatly outnumbered Jews also won incredible military victories over their Greek enemies, thus preserving the State of Judea for over 200 years. The war was fought also against the Hellenists [Greek sympathizers, mostly Jews], who sought to secularize the Jewish Nation. Do the Hellenists of then have a parallel today?
Various Rabbis | Kislev 22 5782
Simple, Relaxed Faith – or Stormy, Questioning Faith?
Three rabbis contemplate emuna [faith] and how it intersects and works alongside knowledge and intellect.
Various Rabbis | Kislev 1 5782
Two Styles of Building
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 10:17
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 10:17
Various Rabbis | Nissan 7 5780
Ready in All Ways to “Host” Hashem
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 10:8
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 10:8
Various Rabbis | Adar 29 5780
Too Great to Start the Necessary Exile
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:147
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:147
Various Rabbis | Adar 21 5780
Self-rebuke by Comparing Oneself with the Forefathers
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:132-133
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:132-133
Various Rabbis | Adar 13 5780
Return of “Borrowed” Pre-School Items 1
Various Rabbis | Adar 13 5780
Blood of Life and Destruction
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:130-131
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:130-131
Various Rabbis | Adar 7 5780
Disagreements Between a Supplier and a Store
Various Rabbis | Adar 7 5780
Too High to be Connected to People on the Ground
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:128-129
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:128-129
Various Rabbis | Shvat 29 5780
Renovations that Did Not Finish On Time
Various Rabbis | Shvat 29 5780
The Hatred of Those Who Did Not Get a Potential Gift
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:121
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:121
Various Rabbis | Shvat 22 5780
Bad Advice Causing Loss of Mortgage Rights – part II
Various Rabbis | Shvat 22 5780
Too High to be Connected to People on the Ground
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:120
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:120
Various Rabbis | Shvat 15 5780
Bad Advice Causing Loss of Mortgage Rights – part I
Various Rabbis | Shvat 15 5780
The Least Individualistic Individual
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:117-118
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:117-118
Various Rabbis | Shvat 8 5780
Expanding One’s Claims
Various Rabbis | Shvat 8 5780