Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 2: The Prohibition of Idolatry, Heretical Thought, and Blasphemy (Thursday, 23rd Adar)

Hilchos Avodas Kochavim Chapter 2: The Prohibition of Idolatry, Heretical Thought, and Blasphemy   Halachah 1 — The Core Prohibition of Idolatry The prohibition of idolatry forbids serving any created being—angels, celestial bodies, elements, or anything derived from them. Even one who acknowledges God as the true Creator but serves […]

Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 5: Leadership Corruption, Divine Withdrawal, and the Path Back

Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 5: Leadership Corruption, Divine Withdrawal, and the Path Back Judgment Begins with Leaders (Verses 1–2) Hashem addresses three groups simultaneously: Priests The House of Israel (the people) The royal house Judgment begins with them because they were meant to guide, protect, and elevate the nation—but […]

Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 1: The Shechina surrounds every Jew upon doing Torah and Mitzvos (Thursday 23rd Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 1: The Origins of Idolatry (Wednesday, 22nd Adar)

Avodas Kochavim – Introduction The Laws of Avoda Zara and Their Statutes These laws comprise fifty‑one commandments, including two positive commandments and forty‑nine negative commandments, as detailed below: The Commandments Not to show interest in, inquire into, or investigate the worship of false gods. Not to stray after the thoughts […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei – Revi’i: Making the Olah Altar, Kiyor, Chatzer, and the accounting (Wednesday, 22nd Adar)

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Daily Tanya Chapter 36 Part 2: The revelation of G-d in this world was already experienced in the times of the giving of the Torah (Wednesday 22nd Adar)

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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History – 21st Adar

🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits[1]   🕯️ Rabbi Meir Schiff — Author of Maharam Schiff 🕯️ Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lezhensk— Author of Noam Elimelech 🕯️ Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanon Spektor— Author of Beir Yitzchak Their Background[2] 🕯️ Rabbi Meir Schiff (Maharam Schiff) […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei – Rishon: Moshe commands Bnei Yisrael regarding the Mishkan (Sunday, 19th Adar)

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Daily Tanya Chapter 35 Part 4: Drawing the G-dly light onto one’s animal soul, G-dly soul, and body (Sunday, 19th Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Talmud Torah – Chapter 4: Who May Teach, Who May Learn, and How Torah Is Taught (Shabbos, 18th Adar)

Hilchos Talmud Torah – Chapter 4: Who May Teach, Who May Learn, and How Torah Is Taught   Worthiness of Teacher and Student (Halachic Gatekeeping) Proper students Torah should ideally be taught only to students of good conduct, or at least those whose behavior is unknown. A person with bad […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Ki Sisa – Shevi’i: Moshe returns with the second Luchos and a shining face (Shabbos, 18th Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Talmud Torah – Chapter 2: The Organization and Standards of Torah Education (Thursday, 16th Adar)

Hilchos Talmud Torah – Chapter 2: The Organization and Standards of Torah Education Halachah 1 — Communal Obligation to Provide Torah Education Every land, region, and village must have teachers for young children. If a community fails to appoint teachers, its residents are placed under ostracism until they do so. […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Ki Sisa – Chamishi: Moshe ascends with the second Luchos (Thursday, 16th Adar)

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Daily Tanya Chapter 34 Part 2: Making an abode for G-d during one’s business dealings through giving charity (Wednesday, 15th Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Deios – De’ot – Chapter 7: Lashon Hora, Revenge, and Social Integrity (Tuesday, 14th Adar)

De’ot – Chapter 7: Lashon Hora, Revenge, and Social Integrity Halachah 1 — The Prohibition of Gossip Speaking gossip about another person violates a Torah prohibition. Although there is no corporal punishment for this sin, it is extremely severe, as it can lead to the loss of life. The Torah […]

Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Deios – Chapter 6: Influence, Love of Others, Rebuke, and Protection of the Vulnerable (Monday, 13th Adar)

Hilchos De’ot Chapter 6: Influence, Love of Others, Rebuke, and Protection of the Vulnerable Halacha 1 – The Power of Social Influence A person’s character and actions are shaped by friends and environment. One must associate with the righteous and wise and distance oneself from the wicked. If one lives […]

Daily Tanya Chapter 33 Part 3: Believing that Hashem is everywhere helps to subjugate the side of evil (Monday, 13th Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Deios – – Chapter 5: The Conduct of the Torah Sage in Personal, Social, and Financial Life (Sunday, 12th Adar)

Hilchos De’ot – Chapter 5: The Conduct of the Torah Sage in Personal, Social, and Financial Life Halacha 1 – The Sage Is Recognized by Refined Conduct A Torah Sage is distinguished not only by wisdom and character but by dignified behavior in every aspect of life—eating, drinking, intimacy, speech, […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Ki Sisa – Rishon: The Machatzis Hashekel and census counting; The Kiyor, The Shemen Hamishcha, The Ketores, Appointment of Betzalel, Keeping Shabbos (Sunday, 12th Adar)

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Daily Tanya Chapter 33 Part 2: How the faith in G-d’s unity leads to the fulfillment of all 613 commands (Sunday 12th Adar)

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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 11th Adar

🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits[1] 🕯️Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulaiy, The Chida 🕯️Rabbi Shmuel Shtrashon, The Rashash on the Talmud 🕯️Rabbi Avraham Borenshtein, Author of Avnei Nezer and Iglei Tal 🕯️Rabbi Mordechai Pozner (d. 1823), Brother of the Alter Rebbe 🕯️Rabbi Yosef […]

Parshas Tetzaveh – Summary, Torah Or, Likkutei Sichos, Video Shiurim; Halachos

The Complete Parsha Companion Download PDF Purchase Parsha Companion Read all Articles online Pshat on The Parsha Parshas Tetzaveh-Summary of Parsha 1) The Menorah oil and lighting 2) Appointing Kohanim 3) The Bigdei Kehuna-Preistly garments Click Here Parshas Tetzaveh-Parsha Bee How many verses are in this week’s Parsha? What is […]

🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 10th Adar

🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits[1]   🕯️Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi — Author of Avodas Hagershoni Their Background[2] 🕯️Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi (c. early 17th century–1693) was a leading Ashkenazic Talmudist and halakhic authority of early modern Europe. He studied under several of the foremost […]

Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Deios – Chapter 2: Mending ones character and learning a proper balance (Thursday, 9th Adar)

Hilchos Deios – Chapter 2: Mending one’s character and learning a proper balance Halacha 1: The illness of desiring bad character and the doctors who treat it Bodily illnesses: Just as there are people with physical illnesses and health problems, in which the sweet taste bitter and the bitter taste […]

Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tetzaveh – Chamishi: The inauguration procedure of the second ram (Thursday, 9th Adar)

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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Deios – Chapter 1:  Character Development and Moral Balance – The Middle Path (Wednesday, 8th Adar)

Chapter 1:  Character Development and Moral Balance – The Middle Path: Halachah 1 — The Range of Human Character Traits Every person possesses many character traits, and these traits differ greatly from one another. People vary widely: some are quick‑tempered while others are calm; some are proud while others are […]

Daily Tanya Chapter 31 Part 4: The message to tell oneself to arouse an even deeper and stronger level of repentance and joy (Wednesday, 8th Adar)

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From the Rav’s Desk: Narcissism Through the Chassidic Lens: Chassidic Perspectives on Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Self-Absorption

Question I am a therapist and have studied and worked with people diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). It is an extremely challenging disorder to treat, as individuals with NPD rarely seek help voluntarily and often do not believe they need therapy. [This experience is very common among clinicians, who […]

Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Yesodei Hatorah – Chapter 10: The miracles a prophet must perform to prove his validity (Tuesday, 7th Adar)

Chapter 10: The miracles a prophet must perform to prove his validity Halacha 1: The qualification of doing miracles-Predicting the future Nature breaking miracles: A prophet which claims to have been sent by G-d, does Not need to perform a nature breaking miracle on the level of Moshe or Eliyahu […]

Daily Tanach – Yechezkel Chapter 42: The Chambers for Priests and the Temple’s Boundary

Daily Tanach – Yechezkel Chapter 42: The Chambers for Priests and the Temple’s Boundary The Northern Chambers (Verses 1–9) Yechezkel is brought out to the outer courtyard, toward the north side, where he sees a complex of chambers situated opposite the Temple’s western structure (“the fortress”). These northern chambers are: […]