Monthly Archives: July 2013

A Rational Approach to the Divine Origin of Judaism

Below is a fantastic video which I felt compelled to share.   If you have time now or over the long weekend, I highly recommend you watch this.    Is there a rational basis to believe that Judaism is true? … Continue reading

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What Yours Words Create

The Torah decrees: “Lo yachel devaro” – Do not violate your word.  The word yachel relates to the word chalul – hollow.  A person must realize that his words are not empty and hollow, but rather they give rise to … Continue reading

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Young Aryeh Leib

R’ Aryeh Leib, son of the Chofetz Chaim, was a child genius.  Once he had the occasion to present a Talmudic lecture to a group of exceptional scholars, whom he dazzled by resolving a difficult problem raised in the Shaagas … Continue reading

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Proportionate Response

“Rabbi Zadok of Lublin used to say that whenever you think of Hashem, He is thinking of you; but Hashem thinks of you in proportion to the amount of consciousness with which you think of Him.  To put it in … Continue reading

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