4. Be kind to yourself. Speaking badly even about yourself is unethical.
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“and his father ‘shamor’ the matter” shamor – he waited and looked forward when it would come – RASHI What…
He took her, was with her, and mistreated her (Bereshis 34:2) Last week, I had jury duty and like many…
“this time I will thank Hashem and therefore he was named Yehudah” Bereshis 29:25 Rabbi Shafier tells the following story.…
BEFORE I BEGIN THIS WEEK’S DIVREI SIMCHA, AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS SATURDAY, AMERICAN EXPRESS IS HAVING SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. IF…
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Avraham woke up early in the morning and saddled his donkey (Bereshis 22:3) Rashi is bothered. Why would Avraham Avinu…
And He said to Avram, “Know definitely that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land. They will be…
Noach gave birth to three sons: Sheim, Cham, and Yefes (Bereshis 6:10) In Parshas Bereshis, we learn Noach was 500…
May my Torah drop as the rain (Devarim 32:2) If a person wants plants to grow, he needs to water…