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…
Importance of Hakarat Hatov
In this week’s Sidro Ch.23 V.5 why does the Torah state that an Amoni (Ammonite) and a Mo’avi (Moabite) are not permitted to join the holy community for two reasons:- They refused to supply food and water during the Exodus…
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…
At the Double
This Shabbat we commence a series of seven Shabbatot wherein we read special Haphtarot of comfort, Shiv’ah De’Nechamatah, taking us to Rosh Hashanah. The first opens with Hashem’s instruction to the prophet Yishayahu: “Nachamu nachamu ami – comfort, oh comfort…
SHEMA – GIVE WITNESS!
There is a famous story of a traveller who visited one of the greatest rabbis of the last generation – the Chafetz Chaim. The traveller entered the humble abode of the Chafetz Chaim and was astonished by the meagre accommodation.…