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Likutei Moharan 9 and the Light of Chanukah In last week鈥檚 issue of The Shoemaker Report, we learned about the halachah of placing the Chanukah

Likutei Moharan 9 and the Light of Chanukah In last week鈥檚 issue of The Shoemaker Report, we learned about the halachah of placing the Chanukah

A Teaching on Likutei Halachot Orach Chaim Chanukah 2 Many laws exist pertaining to the lighting of the menorah during Chanukah. Let鈥檚 focus on just

It is written in the Gemara (Eruvin 13b): 讻讎旨诇 讛址诪职讞址讝值旨专 注址诇 讛址讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讘旨讜止专址讞址转 诪执诪侄旨谞旨讜旨 讜职讻讎诇 讛址讘旨讜止专值讞址 诪执谉 讛址讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 诪职讞址讝侄旨专侄转 讗址讞植专指讬讜 (Anyone who pursues

In the final words of Sefer Zecharyah, prophesying about a time in the future when the Holy Temple will be rebuilt in its place in

The Shulchan Aruch states (Orach Chaim 1:5): 讟讜讘 诇讜诪专 驻' 讛注拽讚讛 (It is good to read the passage of the Binding of Yitzchak, i.e. the

In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel released their third studio album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. The final song of Side A entitled 鈥淭he 59th Street

In our last issue, we explored the Torah of time dilation, not only as a consequence of special relativity but more importantly, as a consequence

How come one year at age 60 seems to pass more quickly than one year at age 10? Some have suggested that the perception of

From where do novel insights of the Torah [讞讚讜砖讬 转讜专讛, chidushei Torah] come? On the one hand, there are those of us who merit to

Something came up in my life recently that caused me to ask the following: Have I ever done anything in my life that was done

Upon seeing a skull floating on the water, Hillel said (Pirkei Avot 2:7): 注址诇 讚址旨讗植讟值驻职转职旨 讗址讟职驻讜旨讱职 讜职住讜止祝 诪职讟执讬驻址讬执讱职 讬职讟讜旨驻讜旨谉 (Because you drowned others, they drowned

Describing the time in the future when Mashiach will reign, David ha-Melech expressed a beautiful thought simply and eloquently (Tehillim 149:3): 讬职讛址诇职诇讜旨 砖职讈诪讜止 讘职诪指讞讜止诇 讘职旨转止祝