SERVICE TO HASHEM
The teenage years are some of the toughest years around. There is so much opportunity, yet there are so many tests as well, and one has to tread carefully in order to come out strong. Our Sages teach us that…
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE!
The Gemara (Bava Metzia 85a) tells how R’ Chiya taught Torah to young children. He would plant flax, spin thread from the flax, weave nets, trap animals, skin the animals, and make parchment from their hides, upon which the words…
Share the pain!
The Gemara Sotah (11a) tells us that Pharaoh had three advisers: Yitro, Iyov and Bilam. Pharaoh wished to decide how to deal with the Israelite “problem”. He sought the opinion of each of his three advisers. Bilam, was an evil…
Leap second!
Anyone who was really focusing on their watches at midnight on the 31st December would have noticed something strange. If you were one of those people who couldn’t wait for 2016 to be over, then unfortunately you would have had to…
