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Parashat Nisavim

By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, let’s start with a story. A man was taking a stroll next to the river bank, he suddenly notices a young boy crying for help. Without a moments hesitation, the man jumps into the dangerous river and struggles to save the boy and finally drags […]

Parashat Kitavo

By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom! Our Sages taught us in the Talmud (Megila 31:A) that Ezra Hasofer instituted for us (approximately 2600 years ago) to recite before Rosh Hashana the portion in the Torah where we are given rebuke if we don’t keep to the commands of the Torah and […]

Parashat Kiteze

By: Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×›Ö¼Ö´×™-×™Ö´×”Ö°×™Ö¶×” לְאִישׁ, בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה–אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ, בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ The Talmud tells us that the Ben Sorer Umoreh never was and will never be, and that this law is given for the inherent lessons contained within it. There is a famously asked question regarding this […]

Parashat Shoftim v’Shotrim

By : Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh …וְלֹא-תִקַּח שֹׁחַד–×›Ö¼Ö´×™ הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ×¢Öµ×™× Öµ×™ חֲכָמִים, וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִם. …Neither shalt thou take bribe; for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise, and corrupts the words of the righteous. Rav Dovid Feinstein in his book Kol-Dodi points out that interestingly Torah does not call a […]

Parashat Re’e

By: Rabbi Moshe Yakoby One of my students recently was discussing with me how much he should spend on his wedding! At the course of the conversation I realized that he had no concept of money. This issue in my opinion is a result of our modern day innovation called […]