Parshas Re’eh
Rabbi Berel Wein In this week’s parsha, the Torah continues with the theme that runs through the previous parshiyot of Devarim, that we are always faced with stark choices in life – either blessings or curses, good or evil. The words of the Torah seemingly offer little option for middle ground on these basic issues […]
A Cornucopia of Blessings
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow The Daf this week and specifically Tosfos’s explanation (Gittin 83a and 84a) deal with a paradox of sorts. The result of an action causes that very action to be invalid, which accordingly negates the result. That, of course, reinstates the action, which causes a result that once again negates the action. A […]
Holiday Road
Allan Rolnick, CPA Forty years ago—July 29, to be precise—Clark Griswold loaded his wife Ellen and children Rusty and Audrey into their brand-new Wagon Queen Family Truckster and set out on the great American road trip. National Lampoon’s Vacation saw the Griswolds touring the highways and byways from Chicago to Walley World, with hijinks, shenanigans, […]