By: Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×›Ö¼Ö´×™-×™Ö´×”Ö°×™Ö¶×” לְ×ִיש×, בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה–×Öµ×™× Ö¶× Ö¼×•Ö¼ ש×ֹמֵעַ, בְּקוֹל ×ָבִיו וּבְקוֹל ×ִמּוֹ 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 […]
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By : Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh …וְלֹ×-תִקַּח ש×ֹחַד–×›Ö¼Ö´×™ הַשּ×ֹחַד יְעַוֵּר ×¢Öµ×™× Öµ×™ חֲכָמִי×, וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִ×. …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 […]
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 […]
By Rabbi Eliezer Rafaelmehr On the 9th of Av we sit on the floor and cry. We cry of the terrible misfortunes that have befallen us over the past 2,000 years since the Temple has been destroyed. Rav Spero tells the story about the Chozeh Lublin. It was the 9th of […]
Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom. In the Parasha this week we read about the travels of our nation through the Wilderness. One of the verses which repeats itself is :”The Children of Israel journeyed from…and camped in… “ Rabenu Bahyah ben Asher (14th century) writes in his book(Kad […]