By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: Tisha b’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Tisha b’Av – the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av – is the day that our sages informed us terrible events would happen throughout Jewish history. The most important tragedies that occured on this […]
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By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, The pasuk says ×œ× ×™×—×œ דברו (Bamidbar 30,3) Rashi explains: ×œ× ×™×¢×©×” דיבורו חולין, meaning he shall not make his speech unholy. Our sages learn from here how much we need to guard our tongue from any inappropriate speech. There is a story about a […]
These days of בין ×”×ž×¦×¨×™× are meant for retrospection on why we are still in exile after so many years. The question arises: why were we redeemed only 70 years after the destruction of the First Temple, but have not been redeemed yet after the destruction of the second temple? […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: Hashem chanced upon Bilam and he said to Him, “I have arranged the seven altars and brought up a bull and a ram on each.†Rashi: The verse does not say, “I arranged seven altars.†Rather, the Hebrew places a definite article in front of the […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: At the end of this week’s Torah portion, Benei Israel are at the end of their 40-year journey towards Eretz Israel. Moshe Rabeinu sends messengers to neighboring cities asking them to let Benei Israel pass through their land in order to enter the Land of Israel. […]