What It Means to Be God’s Treasured Nation We are told in this week’s parashah, “You are children to Hashem your God… a treasured nation” (Devarim 14:1–2). We see from […]
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Recognizing Life’s Milestones as Blessings Beyond the blessings that we experience constantly — such as the ability to walk, see, and breathe — we also experience special blessings at different […]
Why Yehoshua Was Chosen to Lead In this week’s Torah reading (Bamidbar 27:15–23), Moshe (Moses) appoints Yehoshua (Joshua) as his successor to lead the nation after his death. Rashi tells […]
An Unusual Request for an Inheritance The feeling of missing out on an incredible opportunity is something that can be quite painful. That was the situation the five daughters of […]
There is a Gemara (Talmud) in Ta’anit which has bothered me for many years. In it (23a), Rabbi Yochanan tells us that all his life, Choni HaMa’agal (of “circle-in-the-sand-until-it-rains” fame) […]
The Danger of Machloket In this week’s Torah reading, we are exposed to the awful consequences of machloket—unwarranted fighting. Korach gathered a following and challenged Moshe (Moses) over the appointment […]
What Is the Meaning of Tzitzit? Tzitzit is a mitzvah (Torah commandment) like no other. Not only is it considered equal to all 613 mitzvot, but each second we wear […]
This week’s Torah reading contains the mitzvah (commandment) of not straying after our eyes (Bamidbar 15:39). The Biur Halachah (1:1) states that this prohibition includes the general pursuit of materialistic […]
Life in the Wilderness: Surrounded by Miracles Life in the desert was a unique type of existence. It was an effortless life, where all of Klal Yisrael (the Jewish nation)’s […]
The Jews Complained Despite Their Blessings In this week’s Torah reading, as the Jews traveled through the desert on their way to the Land of Israel, they started to complain […]
