Ask Not For Whom The Person Toils, You Toil For Thee
One of the more fundamental principles concerning Torah and mitzvos is stated in the first Rashi in Parshas Bechukosai. Rashi, referring to the seeming redundancy [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Nasso
Nasso Bulletin in PDF format Although the passuk "HaShem , sefasaiy tiftach...." is described by Chazal as being part of shemoneh esreiy , nevertheless, [...]
Shabbos Schedule Parshas Bamidbar – Shavuos
Bamidbar/Shavuos Bulletin in PDF format A few things to keep in mind for Shabbos Erev Shavuos: Prepare on Friday any neiros and anything else [...]
It’s Only Natural
The sedra this week famously begins, “If you follow my decrees, and observe my commandments and perform them, then I will produce your rains [...]
Emor or Omer, Part Two
We are in the middle of sefiras ha’omer, right? Well, we are also in the middle of a column exploring what those very words [...]
Vasikin Schedule for Sivan 5772
Vasikin Schedule for Sivan 5772 in PDF format
Emor — Or Is It Omer? Part One
This week’s Torah-reading takes us on a trip around-the-Jewish-year-in-Festivals. And one of the stops is the korban minchah (grain offering) brought on the sixteenth [...]
Shabbos Schedule Parshas Behar
Behar Bulletin in PDF format The Rema in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 61:26 says that the first possuk of k'ri'as sh'ma should be said [...]
Shabbos Bulleting Parshas Emor
Emor Bulletin in PDF Format Mishna Berura writes (51:1) that it is proper to stand during baruch she'omar. No reason is given. He also [...]
Laziness, Part Four… And Beyond
We have seen that laziness — in all of its forms — is a foundation of sin (Part One). That is why the Mesilas [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
Acharei Mos/Kedoshim Bulletin in PDF Format If your mind wandered during a beracha of shemoneh esrei and you did not concentrate on the words, [...]
I Was Too Lazy To Write This Column (Especially After I Was Handed A New Reason To Be Too Lazy To Do It), But Then… Part Three
I am often accused of being stubborn . I have always stubbornly refused to concede to that designation, claiming that the middah being exhibited [...]