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Back to SearchLoving Charities (6.6.32)
Charity is a big element of religious life. Our Sages tell us that the mitzvah of charity equals all the mitzvos of the Torah combined. But monetary …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Loving Humanity (6.6.31)
Why dont humans naturally love each other? Why is there often discord and disunity? Humans are a strange bunch indeed. In this very interesting and s…
4 months ago
Loving God (6.6.30)
The requirement to love God is featured prominently in our religion. The Shema – the pledge of allegiance of our faith – contains the mitzvah to love…
4 months, 1 week ago
Beloved (6.6.30 Intro)
Torah was not given to angels. Torah was given to humans. One way to expand our ability to acquire Torah is by enhancing our humanity. The more human…
4 months, 1 week ago
Sense of Mission (6.6.29)
We love Torah. Torah study is our national pastime and obsession. It is enjoyable; it is fun; it is interesting — but to acquire it – we have to now …
4 months, 1 week ago
Making Fences (6.6.28)
Humans are fallible. We are imperfect, yet we are tasked with being the stewards and the guardians of the perfect. We hold the Almighty’s Torah in ou…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Joyous With Your Lot (6.6.27)
There is an unequal distribution of talents, gifts, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Everyone is different. Everyone is their own world. This ap…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Know Your Place (6.6.26)
The greatest pedagogues of history – the Sages of the Mishnah – codified “knowing your place” as a means to acquire Torah, to acquire wisdom. What ex…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Accepting Affliction (6.6.25)
Life is full of nuisances. For many – maybe all – life inevitably contains some pain, suffering, and affliction. How we approach these situations is …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trust Sages (6.6.24)
Our primary responsibility as humans and as Jews is to develop and deepen our faith in the Creator. Can we have faith in man? Can we have faith in a …
4 months, 3 weeks ago