Torah – The Recipe For Real Success   As the B’nei Yisrael stood on the threshold of their promised land the tribes of Gad and Reuven approached Moshe with a request. Given their exceptional wealth in terms of cattle ownership, they wished to be alloted the land of Gilaad, a land of extensive green pastures to […]

Sixteen Thousand Years   In the age of big numbers we have recently witnessed an awesome but sad statistic. An article in the Economist noted that the loony music video “Gangnam Style” surpassed two billion views on YouTube a few weeks ago, making it the most watched clip of all time. At 4:12 minutes, that […]

The prophecy of Bilom and Hashem’s kindness   In the end of the first chapter of Berochos ,12b it says that Chazal wanted to insitute parshat Bolok as the third chapter of Keriat Shema as it mentions yetziat mitzrayim.(They didn’t add it due to it’s length).   However the Gemora in Bova Basra 14b says […]

Small Actions   The great Sage Rav stated (Gemara Nazir 23b) a person should always endeavor to study Torah and perform Mitsvot, even if he is performing the Mitsvot for an alternative reason, and not for the sake of Heaven (Afilu SheLelo Lishma – Shemitoch Shelo Lishma Ba Lishma). For, through performing the Mitsvot even […]