Sergiu Simmel
“And you shall love your fellow Jew like yourself”Vayikra (Leviticus) 19:18 The Torah commands us to love our fellow Jew like we love ourselves. that is one of the most critical mitzvot, considering many commandments depend on it. For example,...
What is the (Hebrew) title/name for the individuals who follow the Torah reading and unmistaken the person doing the Torah reading? Thank you for your question. In general there is not one person who chases along and corrects. Usually all those present...
How is perseverance connected with self-control or hard work (Mesirut Nefesh) or repentance (Teshuva)? How we can acquire it and develop it? How do you connect perseverance with all the Jewish history? How do you apply perseverance in Jewish life? Hi!...
As reported on Hirhurim, Rav Shlomo Aviner said that one may not state that Olmert developed cancer considering of his present or future policies regarding Jerusalem, the settlements etc. He said that man does not know the reasons of the Almighty and...
I’m looking for the meaning of corn from a Jewish prospective. What does it mean when it’s like in the field, a field of corn, and biblical definitions, particularly the scripture found in Zech. 9:17. For some reason (which I personally have...
The spiritual influence of Penn’s Lubavitch leaders will soon translate into something tangible: a new home for by 100 students… Slated for completion by fall 2008, it will triple the Lubavitch House’s usable space, currently located...
One month after a handwritten Torah was stolen from Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities in Cottage Grove, a scribe is working on writing a new one… Attention to the crime has additionally been far-reaching… one of the biggest Jewish Web...
The Middle East Studies organization (MESA) has come under fire in recent years for its members’ tendency to: replace politics with scholarship; engage in groupthink (producing very little in the way of new ideas); disregard the dangers of the region...
Haaretz, Israel’s left of center “intellectual” daily broke the story that wee hours: “According to Shin Bet analysts, there are concerns of a Palestinian “trick” during the negotiations, in which Israel will be tempted...
