by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
Spiders go higher in the sky than any other living creature on our planet. This is part of their way of taking long-distance journeys to new lands. The mother spider carries her babies in a brown bag. Inside the bag are about 200 baby spiders, each one the size of a...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | Inspirational Stories
One Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Dovid of Lelov was at the court of the Seer of Lublin. It was time to blow the shofar, but Rabbi Dovid was missing and the Seer did not want the shofar sounded until Rabbi Dovid was present. Eventually someone found him in a barn, with a sack...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | Inspiration
In this week’s Parsha, Balak, Balak the king of Moav hires Bilam to curse the Jewish people. Bilam has a record of cursing people; even whole nations, successfully. His power was bestowed upon him by HaKadosh baruch Hu and he used this power for evil. It is remarkable...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
THE TRAPPED PET MOUSE By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner This week’s Torah portion discusses how Bilam beat his donkey unnecessarily. The angel asked Bilam, “Why did you beat your donkey? (Bamidbar 22,32)”. The Sefer Chasidim (Os 666) writes that this verse is one of the sources...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | Video Inspiration
Bilam in Krias Shema Our Sages teach that they should have included the story of Bilam in Shema. How do we understand this? Rabbi Yitzi shares an important...
