2022-05-20

“I am the Lord your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt”. While we associate these words with the first of the aseret hadibrot, the words…

2019-05-24

The Torah was wary of the employer-employee relationship. Almost by definition, an employee is not much different than a slave; both are told what to…

2018-05-11

In his thematic enumeration of the 613 mitzvoth, the Rambam has as the very first mitzvah that of belief in G-d. It is, in the view of the …

2016-05-27

Legal loopholes are a mainstay of the legal profession. People are often frustrated when criminals are let off the hook on a technicality, perhaps…

2015-05-15

"G-d spoke to Moshe at Mount Sinai saying: When you come the land that I am giving you the land shall rest a Shabbat to G-d" (Vayilkra 25:1-2). Mah…

2014-05-09

The Torah was edited with great precision. This is the idea behind the notion that "there is no chronological order to the Torah". Items…

2009-05-15

Our Sages equated farming with faith. Only a man of faith could put in months of backbreaking labour, knowing full well that all his efforts could go…