by rabbiweiner | Mar 10, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
Accidentally Listening To A Painful Conversation A Moral Dilemma for the Shabbos Table By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner This week’s Torah portion talks about the bells that were on the hem of the Kohen Gadol, the high priest. The Gemara in Pesachim (112a) says that these bells...
by rabbiweiner | Mar 3, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
“The Starved Bunny” A Moral Dilemma for the Shabbos Table By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner In this week’s Torah portion the Torah talks about many of the laws of damages. There is a Torah mitzva to pay for damage that one has caused. The halacha is that if one causes damage...
by rabbiweiner | Mar 2, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
“Did He Remember?” A Moral Dilemma for the Shabbos Table By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner In this week’s Torah portion the Torah discusses the mitzva to give charity. This brings us to the following true dilemma. (Click HERE for inspirational stories about this mitzva) A tzedaka...
by rabbiweiner | Feb 15, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
“Super Clever Parking” A Moral Dilemma for the Shabbos Table By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner In this week’s Torah portion the Torah says “If you do what is just in His eyes” (Shemos, 15, 27). Our Sages teach that this is a reference to being just and honest in business. There...
by rabbiweiner | Feb 15, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
“The High Pressure Hagbah” A Moral Dilemma for the Shabbos Table By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner In this week’s Torah portion we learn how Moshe sets up a system of judges to adjudicate claims between two parties. There is a mitzva for judges to adjudicate claims between...
by rabbiweiner | Jan 29, 2017 | A Moral Dilemma to Ask Your Family at the Shabbos Table
This week’s Torah portion talks about the mitzva not to eat Chametz on Pesach. (Shmos 13,3) There is a mitzva to burn Chametz on Erev Pesach. One lesson behind this mitzva is that we should remove from our homes and hearts anything that can cause a spiritual or moral...
