By Rabbi Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version| View a Source Sheet Praying for rain is a key part of the spiritual life of a Jew. For almost half of the year, our daily prayers include praise of G-d as the One who “makes the wind blow and the rain descend” and a request that […]
By Noam Yehuda Sendor View a Printable Version| View a Source Sheet Before the sin of Adam and Chava (Eve), the Earth provided sustenance not through the plotting and plowing of people, but rather through prayer. In the Talmud (200 C.E.-~500 C.E.), the Sage Rav Assi expounds that the vegetation would not break through […]
By Ora Sheinson View a Printable Version| View a Source Sheet Rabbi Judah said in the name of Rav: Everything that the Holy One, Blessed Be, created in G-d’s world G-d did not create a single thing in vain. (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 77b) In Genesis, G-d looked at all that G-d created and saw […]
By Rabbi Carmi Wisemon View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet “You shall not place a stumbling block in front of a blind person; and you shall have fear of your G-d – I am Hashem.” (Leviticus 19;14) Would any of us really place an obstacle that a blind person could trip over? Very […]
By Baruch Herschkopff View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet One of the most refined and holy of all the offerings brought in Jewish worship during the time of the Temple, and the time of the Tent of Meeting before it, was that of the ketoret, the special blend of incense. The […]
