Based on an email dialogue between a passionate secular Jewish vegetarian activist and a more equivocal Orthodox vegetarian Activist: Some teachings in Jewish religious literature say animals have no intellect and cannot speak. Yet recent scientific studies clearly show that animals are intelligent ...

It is easier for a person to understand a complex Torah subject when he is on a mountain or some other high place. (Rebbe Nachman of Breslov)...

A Simple Jew asks: Are there any occasions when Ahavas Yisroel actually requires us to stay away from fellow Jew who we may have difficulty getting along with? Rabbi Shais Taub answers: Oh, Simple Jew, if only it were that easy. I sympathize with question, I really do. I have also met some people th...

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If a person exerts himself to experience the delights of Purim, he will be able to experience such delight on the night of the Seder. And, if he makes a similar effort on the night of the Seder, he will be able to experience this delight on Yom Kippur; each person according his level. (Beis Aharon)...

וַיֹּ�מֶר הָמָן, לַמֶּלֶךְ �ֲחַש�ְוֵרוֹש�--יֶש�ְנוֹ עַ�-�ֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּי� And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separate among the peoples... (Esther 3:8) D...

Many tzaddikim, including Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, and the Komarno Rebbe warned their chassidim from drinking alcohol except on occasions where it is required explicitly by halacha. Following up on the topic of an earlier posting, I ask...

"With Royal Garments" Achashverosh & Music Esther Is This Midrash The Source? Still Davening To Understand Purim "To Be Astronauts, And Proud Of It"...

Shulchan HaTahor - 1933, Satmar...