A TORAH BITE FOR THE SHABBAT TABLE
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A project of My Dvar Torah, Torah Bite is your resource for a short, dynamic, and meaningful Dvar Torah to share at the...
Sefiras Ha’omer: Achieving the impossible
Imagine a teenager lying on a grassy field, gazing into the night sky. As he stares up at the stars, he thinks to himself,...
Ask the Rabbi – What is the question?
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
Abraham Joshua Heschel said that our generation knows the answers but has forgotten the questions.
With regard to Pesach we know that...
ASK THE RABBI
Dear Rabbi
I am very upset about what happened in Pittsburgh. It seems we Jews are sitting ducks wherever we are. Is there no escape...
Tehillim Psalm 26
This week’s Tehillim is for a refuah shelema for Zelda Symbol bat Shoshana
King David was one of the most righteous Jews who ever...
Cannibalism, Candles and Conversions
by Rabbi Raymond Apple
CANNIBALISM
Q. Is cannibalism kosher? There was an incident in 1972 when survivors of a plane crash in the Andes ate the...
Too Much or Too Little ?
The mighty fall fast and fall hard! Parshat Behaalotecha begins by showcasing a a confident nation, primed to enter to land of destiny and...
Torah reading: Acharei Mot
IT ALL ADDS UP
A major portion of this week's sidra recurs in the Torah readings on Yom Kippur morning and afternoon since it describes...
Torah from Israel : Why is “Letter-Writing” so Important in the Megillah
As the miracle of Purim develops, letters play an important role in the unfolding drama. All told, five letters are composed and dispatched. The...
