Heading in the Right Direction Rav Elchonon Wasserman once met a friend from his youth, who had since gone on to law school and a successful career practicing law. The friend looked at Rav Elchonon dressed in his rabbinical garb and commented, “You should have come with me to law school. With your brilliant mind, you could have become more accomplished and successful than I am today.”
Why They Cried A man once traveled to a distant land, where he worked very hard until he earned enough to support his family for several years. Before returning home, he visited a local shop to buy a gift for his wife. Noticing a display of pretty knives, he purchased one for a small sum. Then he began the long journey home...
Taking the arba minim (four species) on the Yom Tov of Sukkos is of course a most familiar and cherished aspect of this season. What may not be as familiar, however, is the extent of the richness and depth behind this practice. There are a plethora of botanical species in the world and even in Eretz Yisrael alone. What is it about these four kinds specifically from all of [...]
There is a familiar Mishnah that outlines different periods of Divine judgment occurring at various points of the year. Most of them are listed in a fairly straightforward manner, but a curious elaboration appears in connection with the judgment of Rosh Hashanah. B’nei Maron This may be somewhat surprising, for the matter of judgment on Rosh Hashanah is a well-known entity: it is the time when man [...]
This week’s parshah contains the familiar passage (Devarim 26:5-8), which forms a central part of the Seder on Pesach night. As the Mishnah states (Pesachim 10:4): וְדוֹרֵשׁ מֵאֲרַמִּי אוֹבֵד אָבִי, עַד שֶׁיִּגְמוֹר כָּל הַפָּרָשָׁה כֻלָּהּ. “One expounds upon the section that begins, ‘Arami oveid avi’ and continues with the remainder of that section (which discusses Ya’akov’s descent to Mitzrayim and all of the events that unfolded there for the [...]
A poignant lesson in the realm of leadership emerges, in a most interesting way, from one of the (numerous) items featured in this week’s parshah. The Torah relates the law pertaining to an individual convicted of a capital transgression. As the passuk states: וְכִי־יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת וְהוּמָת וְתָלִיתָ אֹתוֹ עַל־עֵץ – “And when there shall be in a person a sin that carries a death-sentence, and he be put to death [...]
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