Still Waters Run Deep – Part 4 and Final
So what is the difference between tahara and kedusha, as it is clear in the Mesilas Yesharim and other sources that they are two [...]
So what is the difference between tahara and kedusha, as it is clear in the Mesilas Yesharim and other sources that they are two [...]
We are in the midst of examining the criteria by which the new mikveh project in RBS-A should be judged: the time-honored test of [...]
Traditional sources in sefarim talk of judging something by three criteria: tov, moh’il, and areiv — if it is inherently good (correct, proper, appropriate); [...]
Let me be perfectly honest. When I was asked to write this “column” somewhat over a year ago, my immediate (and post-immediate and post-post-immediate) [...]
In another few days, we will be celebrating THE event which is the purpose of Creation — the reason, as it were, of Hashem [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Nasson in PDF format Be careful! When Rosh Chodesh is Friday, and is only one day, and you forget ya'aleh v'yovo [...]
As we get closer and closer to Zman Matan Toraseinu, it becomes more and more of an imperative to make our counting... well, count. [...]
In “Making It Count, Part One,” we discussed the necessity and actual essentiality to acquaint oneself with the inner meaning of the mitzvos we [...]
There seem to be two concurrent themes as we make our way through sefiras ha’omer, counting the days to Shavuos. One theme is that [...]
Way back when, when I was my second-youngest son’s age, I learned in Philadelphia Yeshivah (a high school and post-high school yeshivah), and for [...]
In a few days, or nights, we will be sitting by the Seder, going through the various time-honored rituals, from the wine spilling on [...]
The culmination of the four parshiyos read publicly in Adar, leading up to Shabbos Hagadol and Pesach, is called Parshas Hachodesh, the parshah in [...]