Two Wives!
Are you married? No? What you waiting for join the club. Yes – for how long? Has it been a while since you were under the chupa with your spouse to be? How’s married life treating you? When we are…
The Torah’s soft spot
The Torah states that “You shall not pervert the judgement of a stranger or an orphan”. The Sforno says this is referring to a case when there is a dispute between two people, one should not disregard the argument of…
What are you chasing?
A banker was vacationing in a small coastal village. While walking near a pier, he observed a small boat with just one fisherman. Inside the boat with the fisherman were several yellow-fin tuna. The businessman complimented the fisherman on the…
The Need for Inner and Outer Consistency
In preparing the Jewish people for the future without him, Moses warns them not to adopt the practices of the surrounding nations. Amongst the specifics of this, we find a general piece of advice, namely, “You shall be wholehearted with…
Ooh or Aah?
The great Chassidic sageRabbi Aryeh Leib known as the ShpolleZeide, tells how as a child, he would go to a shvitz (steam bath) with his father, who would pour freezing water on him just as he began to perspire. “Ooh,”…
Occurrence of the Yamim Tovim in the Torah
Towards the end of the sidra we have the well-known parshiot of AserTe’aser and KolHabechor which are read for KriatHatorah “ChutzLa’Aretz” on Shmini Atzeret and Yom Tov Sheni. There are five places in Chumash where the range of YamimTovim are…
