POINT OF VIEW: “Goodbye – Until we Meet Again” By Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, Dean of the Zomet Institute
What should I Write about This Time? At the end of almost every Shabbat, I sit down in front of the keyboard and ask myself, “What should I write about today?” I find that I stare at the computer screen for long periods of time, sometimes even two or three...AS SHABBAT APPROACHES: “I did not Take One Donkey from Them” By Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg, Rosh Yeshiva, Kerem B’Yavne
Datan and Aviram accused Moshe of some very serious faults, such as not keeping his promise to bring the people to a land of milk and honey. An even worse accusation was that he took on himself to become “a ruler over us.” [Bamidbar 16:13]. From Moshe’s reply, we can...
“Parshat Shelach” by Rabbi Alan Haber
When describing the sin of the spies, the Torah uses a somewhat unusual term: “Vayotziu dibat ha’aretz” (Numbers 13:32). While this is usually translated as “they spoke evil about the land” or “they slandered the land,” the exact meaning of the word “diba” is...