The Ba’al Shem Tov: When the Fox Forgot his Parables
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
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Blowing the Shofar from Elul to Yom Kippur
(Based on a class given on the 15th of Elul, 5775) Blowing the Shofar During the Month of Elul The Torah tells us to blow...
The Signs of the New Year: 5784
Following our annual custom, let us look at some of the many gematriot—numerical allusions—to the value of the year we are now beginning, 5784 since...
Good Morning, World
On Rosh Hashanah we pray, hear the shofar, eat an apple with honey and bless each other with “a good and sweet year.” But what...
Elul: The Month of Self-Discovery
Elul is not just the pre-festive month. If you skip Elul and don’t give it any special attention, you might suddenly find yourself unprepared at...
The Tzror Hachaim of Selish: Torah, Shoes and Salvation
Rabbi Shmuel Shmelkeh Klein was born in 5565 (1805) to his mother Pessil and his father, Rabbi Yosef. He was named after his uncle, the...
Pirkei Avot 1:6 Even the Wicked can Become Great
Joshua Ben Perachia and Nitai the Arbelite received from them. Joshua Ben Perachia would say: Assume for yourself a master, acquire for yourself a friend,...
Gematria Shorts for Shoftim 5783
Two of the main topics in parashat Shoftim are the appointment of judges and of a king. Shoftim is the 48th parashah of the Torah....
The Torah Academy: The Meanings of “Blood”
The Torah Academy The pamphlet you have before you is titled The Torah Academy. It contains a dream of several decades, and just recently...
Pirkei Avot 6:6: Faith in the Sages
Torah is acquired with forty-eight qualities and these are….with faith in the sages… (Pirkei Avot 6:6) “King David said to his son, Solomon, ‘Know...
