Part of the purpose of the harsh treatment of the Sotah is convincing the suspected…
Chanukah: The Dark Days of Winter
Of all our holidays, only that of Chanukah begins in the second half of the month. Rosh Hashanah,…
I Thought I Was Humble: Sotah 40
In our last post we discussed the Talmudic tendency to group together sayings of…
Please Bless Me: Sotah 38
Originally meant as an oral “text” the Talmud features a number of mnemonic…
Vayeshev: Look Out the Window
Why was it that Abraham and Yitzchak had only one child who would remain within the Jewish people…
Do Not Pray: Sotah 37
It is an amazing aspect of the human condition that two people can see the same thing yet…
Language Barriers: Sotah 33
One of most bitter and divisive (Jewish) fights of the 19th century was that…
Mind Your Own Business: Sotah 21
In our last post we discussed how a rasha arum, a cunning evildoer, is amongst the…
The Tuition Crisis: Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Most Canadians in turning 71 get a monetary windfall as they begin to cash in the savings…
The Religious Hypocrite: Sotah 22
“He [Rabbi Yehoshua] used to say: a pious fool, a cunning evildoer, an ascetic…
The Bare Torah: Sotah 21
In our last post we discussed the view of Rabbi Eliezer that one who teaches his daughter Torah is…
Our Daughter's Torah: Sotah 21
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is this notion that lay at the heart of one of the most…
Time for Carpool: Sotah 20
For most people carpool is a scheduling nuisance, one of those necessary but unwanted jobs of…
VaYetze: Sisters In Love
One could hardly find fault with the claim that sibling rivalry is the major theme of Sefer…
A Holy Sinner: Sotah 15
Just this week an Ontario Court ruled that a 19 year old convicted of first degree murder of a…
What a Beginning: Sotah 14
What a Beginning!: Sotah 14 “Rav Simlai expounded: The Torah begins…
Sotah 14: Where is Moshe Buried?
As we end the first chapter of masechet Sotah (and as discussed in our
Sotah 12: The Heroics of Miriam
"In the measure that a person measures so it is measured to him. She [the sotah…