by Yitzi Weiner | Sep 3, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner This week’s Torah portion talks about the mitzva of paying for a service that one owes, on time. As the Torah says, the wages of a hired man shall not remain with you [all night] until the morning (Vayikra 19:13, Parshas Kedoshim); and it says...
by Yitzi Weiner | Aug 28, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
THE BURGLAR BARS By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner This week’s Torah portion opens with the importance of having a system of adjudicating disputes in a Godly manner. This leads us to the following true story. Aron lived in an apartment building on the ground floor. There was a...
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 | Jun 30, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
Giving their father’s pledge BY RABBI YITZI WEINER This week’s Torah portion addresses the mitzvah to keep one’s pledges. The Torah writes that the Jewish people pledged that if they were victorious against the Amalekites they would donate all of the cities to Hashem....
by Yitzi Weiner | Jun 23, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
TAKING BLOOD TO CATCH A THIEF BY RABBI YITZI WEINER This week’s Parsha discusses the feud between Korach and Moshe. The Torah gives us a prohibition not to engage in a feud like Korach did. There is a similar prohibition not to cause physical pain to another person....
by Yitzi Weiner | Jun 9, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner This week’s Torah portion describes the tribe of Dan as “the Gatherer of all the Camps”. Our Sages teach us that Dan would travel behind the rest of the camp to return any objects that were lost by along the way. This is a reference to the mitzva...
