Take Five For Torah

All of us, to some extent, live in our own imaginations, yet facing the sometimes hard reality of what we really are is the first step towards improving ourselves.

Why do we blow the shofar in the middle of Mussaf, a seeming disturbance and interruption of synagogue prayer and decorum?

It is very easy to complain; it is much harder to find a solution that will appease that complaint.

Rosh Hashanah reminds us that Hashem is King of the universe, and we are powerless before Him.

For those in the high powered business world a week without Shabbat might seem common place, almost normal, but to us the idea of a world without Shabbat is unheard of.

Standing Firm and Surviving - Nitzavim connotes a powerful comforting message for this period of Jewish chronology in general, and for our time in particular.

Blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah bridges Har Sinai to the future times of Moshiach and our redemption.

Since the liver is completely filled with blood, we must be very careful that it is prepared properly so as not to transgress the prohibition to eat blood.

Understanding how we can ask G-d for our needs in prayer, yet prayer is also referred to as a service.

By not being able to pick up stones and other muktzah items, the rabbis are telling us to think about Shabbat before it begins.