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Carved In Stone

Carved In Stone

(Midrash Rabba) עשר פעמים כתיב בני חת כנגד עשרת הדיברות In the merit of the ten negotiations that Abraham had with the Hittite people; his descendants merited the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Avrohom Avinu was already well through his life when his wife Sarah...

The Heart of a Gadol

The Heart of a Gadol

When I was a young Yeshiva bochur I was impressed with intelligence. I looked at the Gedolim and was in awe of their intellect. They seemed to know everything. Now, as I get older I’m less impressed with intellect and much more taken with their kindness. People tell...

Ephronics

Ephronics

A while ago I coined a new term; "Ephronic". It refers to some one who talks and talks about the good they are going to do but in the end do absolutely nothing. Whether it be an act of charity, personal weight loss diet, a physical or spiritual fitness plan - these...

Finding the Sparks

Finding the Sparks

The Chasidim speak about raising the sparks. During the process of creation holy sparks flew out of their targets and landed in some of the most unlikely places on Earth. One of the main functions of man is to find these holy sparks, remove them from their unholy...

Hebron

Hebron

Prince Rudolph, son and heir to the Austrian monarch Franz Josef, visited Palestine at the turn of the century and recounted his trip to Chevron in his memoirs: Upon reaching Hebron I immediately went to the cave of Machpela. There I was overwhelmed at the realization...

Whole Life

Whole Life

"Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years, these were the years of Sarah" (Bereishis 23:1). Rashi comments that from the unusual phraseology we learn that all her years were good. "Abraham was a hundred years and seventy years and five years" (ibid....

A Good Heart (2003)

A Good Heart (2003)

You can rely on a good heart. Avrohom Avinu had gone through so much and had achieved such great heights. At an age of almost one hundred years, his mind was in the Heavens. It was at this supremely spiritual stage of his life that he was faced with a very down...