Listen One who causes himself pain by abstinence from something he desires is called a sinner. Nazir, 19.Rab said: “A man will have a demerit in his record on Judgment Day for everything he beheld with his eyes and declined ...
Listen Many thinkers and prophets concluded that famine, plague and war must be an integral part of God’s cosmic plan or of our imperfect nature, and nothing short of the end of time would free us from them. Yet at ...
Listen It would be too simplistic to assert that the Ten Commandments are meant to be a panacea for all that is wrong in the world, that of all mankind’s ills would evaporate if everyone just observed these humane laws. ...
Listen ONE WOMAN ASKED RAV SCHEINBERG WHAT THE HUSBAND’S obligation is in helping around the house and clearing the table. He responded, “It is said in the name of Rav Chaim Vital, the great Kabbalist and student of the Arizal, ...
Listen After the punch line in each of these five instances, the participants snickered, smiled, and laughed. A good, honest beginning avenue for problem solving was then established, because humorous interactions can lead the way toward constructive relationship problem solving. ...
Listen If to any man these songs are unsavory, the reason is found in the blindness and depravity of the human heart. Hengstenberg: “The Psalms are expressions of holy feeling, which can be understood by those only, who have become ...
Listen That the youth of our community is especially in need of religions and moral instruction, seems to me a fact hardly to be disputed or doubted; and it appears equally as evident that in order to impart such instruction ...
Listen This book has a simple thesis: God’s central demand of human beings is to act ethically…Though this book is, I hope, informative about many Jewish teachings, it would be very disappointing if you were to conclude after reading it, ...
Listen Rabbi Hillel stated in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers 2:5), “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.” Hineni is an invitation for all of us to take initiative toward greatness. Why do ...
Listen Copyright permission has been generously granted from Luke Ford to share this biography. You can access the original here. Moving To Los Angeles In 1976On July 10, 2009, Dennis said: “I was a kid in my twenties. I’d never been ...
