How the Torah Can Be an Elixir of Life or a Deadly Poison: It is taught in Kiddushin 30b: 转指旨谞讜旨 专址讘指旨谞址谉: 状讜职砖址讉诪职转侄旨诐状 住址诐 转指旨诐, 谞执诪职砖职讈诇指讛 转旨讜止专指讛 讻职旨住址诐 讞址讬执旨讬诐 (The Rabbis taught in a Baraita, "And you shall place [these words of Mine upon your heart and upon your soul]" [Devarim 11:18], a perfect elixir. The…
The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 3) In the past two issues of The Shoemaker Report, we examined the origins and characteristics of the souls of the converts who accompanied the Jewish People when they left Egypt in the days of Moshe Rabbeinu. This group, known collectively as the Erev Rav ('mixed multitude'), is…
When writing about the importance of reciting the Shema morning and evening, we often focus on the first verse that declares the oneness of G鈥慸, i.e. Hashem echad. However, in this article we鈥檙e going to focus on a verse in the third paragraph (Bamidbar 15:39): 讜职讛指讬指讛 诇指讻侄诐 诇职爪执讬爪执转 讜旨专职讗执讬转侄诐 讗止转讜止 讜旨讝职讻址专职转侄旨诐 讗侄转志讻讎旨诇志诪执爪职讜趾转 讬职讬指 讜址注植砖执讉讬转侄诐 讗止转指诐…
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C. that many historians believe helped seal his fate in Dealey Plaza on that infamous day of November 22 later that year. What did he say that was so unacceptable and inappropriate that it may have fueled the…