By: Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The last Mishna in the tractate of Yoma says: “Rebbi Akiva said: ‘Fortunate are you, O Israel, before whom do you purify yourselves? Who purifies you? Your Father in heaven. As it is stated: I will sprinkle pure water upon you and you shall be cleaned, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
By: Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×›Ö¼Ö´×™-יִהְיֶה 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 […]
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 […]