A Meal Fit For A King It’s fascinating: on Yom Kippur itself, we fast and afflict ourselves, yet just hours before, there is a mitzvah (commandment) to eat a festive […]
Well-known Miracles The Ramban1 presents a perspective regarding the mitzvah of mezuzah that challenges our perception of reality itself. He writes: “From the well-known great miracles, a person acknowledges the […]
Yom Kippur. How do we connect to this day of repentance? This new Viduy companion breaks things down in a short, powerful PDF created with you in mind. Perfect for all […]
Ironclad Security There are people who invest thousands of dollars into home security. They install expensive surveillance systems both inside and outside their homes, build high walls around their property, […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Is there a deeper meaning to the mitzvah of the Four Species on Sukkot? I want to connect with it in a meaningful […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: My children often complain that they don’t have what “all” their friends or neighbors have. Whether they want the latest gadget or the […]
Gathering The Nation In this week’s Torah reading is the Mitzvah (commandment) of “Hakhel“. Every seven years, during the Holy Temple era, the king would get up on a platform […]
I Owe My Life… It’s possible I owe my life to Donald Trump… Jr. You see, one Friday, at the end of a very long week of work and travel, […]
Jealousy in the Torah Part 2 לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹא תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ Do not covet your fellow’s house. Do not covet your fellow’s wife, or […]
Her Early End The pronouncement on that Friday, the doctor’s stark words casting a shadow over the approaching holiness, felt like a finality we were unwilling to accept. “Hashem is […]
