Vayeira

We are looking forward to learning with an outstanding Torah scholar this weekend. On Shabbat, September 8, Rabbi Dov Linzer will be at Or Chaim Yeshiva, 159 Almore Ave., where he will deliver the d'var Torah before laining and a shiur after Kiddush…

Our Sages assert that the Torah pre-dates the creation of the world, in essence serving as the architectural blueprint of creation. This is a beautiful concept that teaches that Torah is built into the fabric of the world. Nature and morality are to…

Judaism eschews extremism. This obligation to be moderate is codified into law by no less an authority than the Rambam; it is, as he points out, "the path of G-d" (Deot 2:7). Furthermore, the goal is not limited to the development of traits of…