The Torah demands we do much to help others. However, while we may have to love others like…
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Bava Metzia 28: Lost and Found
“Until when must he declare the lost object? Until his neighbours know about it, these are…
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Breisheet: Let Us Make Man
The belief in one G-d is perhaps the most fundamental teaching of Judaism. Thousands have died…
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Bava Metzia 21: Intro to Talmud
I, probably like many of you began my formal study of Talmud learning Eilu Metziot, the second…
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Shabbat Chol HaMoed: Let's Skip This Year
"Keep the harvest festival as the year changes" (Shemot 34:22). This (half) verse is the…
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Sukkot: Fear and Joy
The Jewish year begins with the aseret yemei teshuva, the ten days of repentance. They begin with…
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Yom Kippur: Play Ball!
“There are those who acquire their world in one moment” (Avodah Zara 18a). One action…
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Yom Kippur: Where Are You?
“On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.” No two holidays are as…
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What's a Little Lie?: Bava Metzia 5
“Two people are holding onto a tallit. This one says…‘it is all mine’ and…
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Vayelech: 1…613
“Today I [Moshe] am 120 years old, and I can no longer come and go." (Devarim 31:2).…
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Crime Pays: Bava Metzia 5
"Crime doesn’t pay" is a nice moral message but not a very practical one. Most…
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Rosh Hashanah: A Redemptive Moment
One of the strengths of the Jewish people is our ability to focus on the future. What we do…
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Introducing Bava Metzia
“Two people are holding on to a tallit. This one says ‘I found it’ and this one…
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The Law of the Land: Bava Kamma 113
Dina demalchuta dina, the law of the land is the law, is one of the most famous, far-reaching and…
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Travelling for Teshuva: Bava Kamma 103
The distinction between a ganav and a gazlan is fairly well known. The former in trying to hide his…
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Keep the Money: Bava Kamma 94
Doing teshuva is hard work. Sinning can be fun, easy to do, financially beneficial and habit…
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The Wisdom of the Common Man: Bava Kamma 92
One of the revolutions of Judaism was its democratization. No person is inherently superior to…
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Please Forgive Me: Bava Kamma 92
“Even though he repays him he is not forgiven until he asks him.” (Bava Kamma 92a) In…