The Reward For Doing Mitzvos

The opening line of this week’s Parsha says that if the Jewish people keep the Commandments in the Torah we will receive Blessings. Yet, how can we be rewarded ..

Written by M Kormornick

No tattoos here, and no factions either!

The gemarra (yevamos 13b) learns from the commandment not to make tattoos on one’s body in mourning (‘lo tisgodedu,’ 14;1) a prohibition of making ..

Written by d fine

Two short vorts

1) The pasuk tells us (15;8) to ‘open our hands’ to give tzedakah. I heard quoted on a Rabbi Krohn tape the following cute understanding. When your hand ..

Written by d fine

Why don’t you need to give all your money to tzedaka?

Our sedra is special in that it kicks off Moshe Rabeinu’s main repetition of the mitzvos . Not all the miztvos are repeated, however; the ones appertaining to the kohannim/sacrifices ..

Written by d fine

Bein adam lechaveiro on His terms

In our sedra, Moshe warns the people ‘You shall go in the ways of HaShem your G-D’ (13;5), regarding which the gemarra (Sotah 14a) asks ‘is it possible to go after ..

Written by d fine

Make the poor man rich!

“Aser T’Aser” The Gemara in Taanis learns from this pasuk “Aser Bishvil ShtisAsher” – give Maaser in order that you should become ..

Written by Benjamin Rose