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 How G-d’s Children Should React to Grief .: Viewed: 1497 times :.
“You are Children to your G-d, thus you shall not cut yourselves as a sign of mourning for the dead.” (Devarim: 14:1). Being G-d's Chosen People, His unique treasure in this world, carries with it awesome responsibilities. Since G-d calls us His Children, we are commanded to exercise constraint when mourning for the passing of a loved one. The pagans mutilated their bodies as an...
Published: August 6, 2017 |
How lashon hara leads to metzora .: Viewed: 1449 times :.
The Torah warns that one who speaks Lashon Hara will be afflicted with Tzoraat. In fact, the word METZORA is an acronym for Motzi Shem Ra, which means slanderous and evil speech. What is the Middah K'neged Middah here? We know that G-d always punishes measure for measure.
The answer here is, a person who has Tzoraat may be 99% healthy. There may be only one small blotch of Tzoraat on his...
Published: March 24, 2018 |
How Teshuva Re-JEW-vinates us .: Viewed: 1570 times :.
According to my Great-Great-Grandfather, Bnei Yisocher, the month before ELUL is called AV, because AV is the acronym for ELUL BA, which means, ready or not, ELUL is coming! Therefore, in this month of AV we already must begin to focus on the Teshuvah Process. So here goes.
The Zohar explains that the word TESHUVA is a compound of the words, TASHUV HEI, "returning the HEI". The HEI that the...
Published: July 18, 2018 |
How to Become Holy! .: Viewed: 2466 times :.
“Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy for I, Hashem your G-d, am holy” (Vayikra 19:2). Rashi comments on this verse that being holy means to separate your self from sexual immorality. But that is just the starting point of attaining a state of being holy.
In the non-Jewish world, to sanctify one's self, or to be holy, means to cut yourself off from...
Published: April 2, 2013 |
How to Cure Electionitis .: Viewed: 1959 times :.
Many people in Israel are now afflicted with Electionitis. This "malady"" causes people who support different political parties to verbally abuse and attack each other. This is classic Lashon Hara V' Sinat Chinom. How can we avoid falling into this vicious cycle?
The Chofetz Chaim offers a profound explanation of the root of Sinat Chinom and Lashon Hara. The catalyst of discord is the focus...
Published: February 2, 2015 |
How to Cure MACHLOKET .: Viewed: 1578 times :.
Many American Jewish Groups are now embroiled in a bitter dispute with the Prime Minister and the Government of Israel. We are witness to shocking displays of Sinat Chinam (baseless hatred). Our progressive Jewish brethren in the U.S.A. must realize that the Torah’s principles are eternal, even while science, medicine, and technology evolve and progress.
How can we rid ourselves of...
Published: July 6, 2017 |
How to Deal with the Terror Tunnels .: Viewed: 1544 times :.
King David tells us in Tehillim 100, “to serve G-d with joy”. The Mishna in Avot 1 tells us that we should “greet and welcome everyone with a joyful countenance”. Avot D’Rabbi Natan 13 states that a happy and pleasant facial expression is considered equal to giving a person the most treasured gift in the world.
I just returned from a mini Chanukah vacation in...
Published: December 13, 2018 |
How To Find The Lost Keys of the Holy Temple .: Viewed: 2562 times :.
Four days a year Jews fast and mourn, commemorating different historical events of the destruction of the Holy Temple. The 17th day of Tammuz is one of the four days, and it begins a three week period of limited mourning that climaxes with Tisha B'Av, the day of the destruction of the bothTemples. These four days of fasting are found in the prophet Zechariah. Consistent with Judaism's...
Published: July 20, 2011 |
How to Know Your Mission in Life .: Viewed: 2579 times :.
Why are we here? What is the purpose and meaning of our existence? There is a perplexing verse in Genesis 2:18, God said, “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make for him a helpmate who is against him.” Â At first sight this verse seems to be a paradox: a helpmate assists, she does not oppose. The Talmud (Bavli Yevamot 63a) phrases the question as follows. The Hebrew...
Published: October 27, 2011 |
How To Manage Our Anger .: Viewed: 1802 times :.
Of all the abilities that human beings possess, perhaps none is as mysterious as our talent for compartmentalization. Each of us is multiple people, and different ones emerge in different circumstances and relationships. If we can never fully know somebody, it's not simply because his exterior does not match his interior. It's because we have so many chambers inside, and some are more hidden...
Published: May 19, 2016 |
How To Relate To Conservative Judaism .: Viewed: 2034 times :.
Chief Rabbi Lau has harshly criticized Education Minister Bennet for visiting a Conservative Hebrew Day School in New York. I don’t understand what MK Bennet's offense was. HaRav Moshe Feinstein ZT"L ruled that Orthodox Rabbis may teach in Conservative Hebrew day schools.
The Chazon Ish ZT"L on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Ch. 13 states, "All sinners in Israel today have the...
Published: December 28, 2015 |
How to Relate to Reform Jews .: Viewed: 1824 times :.
Recently, the Shas Minister of Religion stated that Reform Jews are not part of the Jewish People, because they are heretics who do not believe in the Divinity of the Torah. Of course he was wrong, because the Talmud in Sanhedrin states, "A Jew, no matter how sinful he is, always remains a Jew." The Chazon Ish on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 13 states that "All heretics and sinners in Israel...
Published: July 27, 2015 |
How To Remain Alive After Death .: Viewed: 1793 times :.
The Midrash Bereshit Raba states that the world was created for the sake of Torah and Mitzvot and it is the Torah of Israel that preserves the universe. Consequently, those who study the Torah are the true prime movers of the world, and keep the earth on its orbit. Moreover, the Talmud Yevamot 96 expounds that those whose Torah teachings and disciples survive them, continue to live in both...
Published: April 14, 2016 |
How to Transform the Fast into a Feast .: Viewed: 3134 times :.
Four days a year Jews fast and mourn, commemorating different historical events of the destruction of the Holy Temple. The 17 th day of Tammuz is one of the four days, and it begins a three week period of limited mourning that climaxes with Tisha B'Av, the day of the destruction of the Temple. These four days of fasting are found in the prophet Zechariah. Consistent with Judaism's optimism,...
Published: May 24, 2011 |
Human Cloning & Halacha .: Viewed: 2731 times :.
Human cloning is making headlines around the world, as something of a new phenomenon. But actually there was a human clone 5762 years ago. As we read in Genesis 2:21-22, “G-d cast a deep sleep on man and while he slept, G-d took one of his ribs and closed up the wound with flesh. And G-d cloned the rib that he had taken from man into a woman.” While the cloning of Adam to create...
Published: May 24, 2011 |
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