years ago I was fortunate to have come across the sefer called Tuv HaAretz. It was written by Rabbi Noson Shapira in the 1600s,

The word fadicha is an Arabic word that has made its way into the Hebrew lexicon. It is used to refer to a slip-up that verges on the pathetic.

RECENTLY I HEARD a scientist describe how remarkably the brain is set up to give a child immeasurable potential to do almost anything they want in life.

Parashas Balak, Issue #1054 – By Rabbi Pinchas Winston Friday Night IT WAS ONE of those moments when you are in the right frame of mind to see and appreciate things a little differently. I’ve had this one a couple of times in different places, but this time it was right before Mincha on Shabbos…

THERE ARE BASICALLY two kinds of mitzvos, Mishpatim, which is translated as Judgments, and Chukim, or Statutes.