Authentic learning must be al menas la’asos. Hence we do stop learning to do a…
Podcast: Shiur Hashkafa 5781
Avos 4:5 – 1) Chilul Hashem. 2) Torah Belongs to Klal Yisroel as a Whole.
“Echad shogeig, echad meizid b’chilul Hashem.” This does not mean that they are equally serious,…
Ikar hadin & Middas Chassidus in Shiflus
Deepest simcha generated by shleimus that comes from hisbatlus. Why? Because that shelimus is more…
Avos 4:4: Being Extremely Careful Regarding Ga’ava and Ka’as
Ga’ava (delusion / arrogance) and Ka’as (Anger) are both extremely volatile traits, and as such…
Avos 4:2-3: Reward, and Enablement, for Mitzvos. Not Being Disdainful.
4:2 – Although there is no reward per se for miztvos in this world, whether…
Prikei Avos, 4:1 – The Paths to Chochmo, Gevura, Osher. Kavod Haberiyos.
In the first 3 items in the mishna, Ben Zoma is describing the path to…
Divine Foreknowledge & Free Choice (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 3)
Rambam (Hilchos Teshuva 5:5) explains that our question regarding the seeming contradiction between Divine foreknowledge…
Anochi Hashem as the Lens Through Which We Experience the World (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 2)
The Rav zt”l explains that the Rambam understands the mitzva of Anochi Hashem Elokecha to…
Al HaTeshuva: Bechira Chofshis & Teshuva, part 1
A discussion of Rav Solovetichik’s derasha that begins in Al HaTeshuva page 191. Discusses the…
Changing the Past Through Teshuva (Ish Hahalacha, pp.94-96)
As described by Rav Soloveitchik zt”l in his sefer Ish Hahalacha, pp.94-96, the cause and…