This week’s lesson is dedicated
In honor of Chava Guta bas Henya Chasya for a complete and speedy recovery,
and in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Eliezer Gershon Rivkin, 4 Iyar, 5782
People are always looking for guidance. For every aspect of life, there are mentors and guides and therapist and trainers.
What does the Torah say of the matter? Who is worthy of your trust? And how do angels fit into the picture?
Each Friday night, as the family gathers around the Shabbat table, we sing “Eshet Chayil,” the ode of the Jewish woman.
“Charm is deceptive and beauty is vain,” we declare in its closing.
What exactly does that mean?
Rabbi Akiva is famous for his motto: Love your fellow as yourself. Yet, his own students died for... disrespecting their peers. Were they sleeping through class?
Only one author in Jewish history had the courage to say that his compilation encompasses the entire Oral tradition.
Who was he? What is his book? And is it practical for us?
