"Whoever studies Torah for its own sake, merits a multitude of things" (Aboth 6:1). Whoever studies Torah for its...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012/Siwan 2, 5772

It says in the Ethics of the Fathers that "Exile comes to the world on account of idolatry, adultery, bloodshed...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012/Iyyar 23, 5772

It says in the Ethics of the Fathers: "Who is the one who is mighty? The one who subjugates his inclination. As it...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012/Iyyar 16, 5772

Look at ... where you are going -- a place of dust, worms and maggots (Aboth 3:1). When a person...
Monday, April 30, 2012/Iyyar 8, 5772

עשה רצונו כרצונך. כדי שיעשה רצונך כרצונו. "Do His will as if it were your own, so...
Monday, April 23, 2012/Iyyar 1, 5772

The Mefarshim say that this Masekheth (tractate) is entitled "[Pirqei] Aboth" (Ethics of the Fathers), because the...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012/Nisan 25, 5772

אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי. בכל יום ויום בת קול יוצאת מהר חורב ומכרזת...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011/Iyyar 28, 5771

"Asarah Nissim Na'asu LaAbothenu Bebeth Hamiqdash" (Ten miracles were wrought for our forefathers in the Temple)....
Wednesday, May 25, 2011/Iyyar 21, 5771

הקנאה והתאוה והכבוד מוציאין את האדם מן העולם "Jealousy, desire and honor,...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011/Iyyar 14, 5771

מעשרות, סיג לעשר "Tithes are a fence for wealth". Even though the human mind tells us that a person...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011/Iyyar 7, 5771

Our Rabbis of blessed memory tell us that just as we are commanded to say something that will be heard...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011/Nisan 30, 5771

"Let your house be wide open and let the poor be members of your household." This instruction comes to teach us...
Thursday, April 28, 2011/Nisan 24, 5771