Dennis Prager once wrote:
Every yeshiva student learns early in life that the greatest sin is chilul Hashem, public desecration of the Name (of God), and conversely, the greatest mitzvah (commandment, good deed) is kiddush Hashem, public sanctification of the Name.
Today I am praising the Name of The One and Only.
B”H.
Spring sadness
As I sit here, typing and staring at the white background of this as yet incomplete post, I hear birds chirping. It is spring. It is life. It is a reawakening. And it is on days like this when I miss my dearest, kindest father, and think of how lonely my mother is now, my mother who loved both her children, yet was abberantly abandoned by her son – my brother – because he married a...
Connecting secular phenomena to the Divine
“Almighty God, look at this magnificent apple that You created! The wisdom of its waterproof enclosure, the beauty of its tantalizing red color, and the temptingly delicious aroma with which it is perfumed. How can I even begin to thank You!” — Rabbi Avigdor Miller (1908-2001), one of America’s leading Torah educators and author of groundbreaking books on Jewish thought...
Passover Reflections 2007
[Received by email] PASSSOVER REFLECTIONS 2007 by Yoram Ettinger(Based on writings by Jewish sages) 1. PHARAOH fathered the first attempt of “The Final Solution” – extermination of Jews – succeeded by Haman of Iran, Hitler and currently by Ahminajad. 2. MEMORY/ROOTS, EDUCATION, FAITH, DEFIANCE OF ODDS and LIBERTY are the intertwined fundamentals of Passover. The first three constitute...
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