Hillel said, "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor, that is the entire Torah, the rest is just commentary, now go and study." Shabbat 31a
The passage above is familiar to many Jews, and it is a self-explanatory interpretation of the famous passage - Love your neighbor as yours…
I can remember it very well. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in May 1991, as I left work in Toronto - I was teaching 7th grade English at the time at a yeshiva - it was a Friday, and I was headed home. I turned right out of the parking lot, then left, and that's when I heard it.
A repo…
I hope that I caught your attention with that title.
No, I’m not talking about the collapse of communism in 1989, or the sinking of the Titanic, or even the drawn out strategic defeat of the Crusaders in the 12th and 13th centuries.
And I’m definitely not talking about Bill Buckner l…
This week, we are once again called upon to offer prayers and support for our sisters and brothers in Israel as they have faced, as of Thursday evening, over 800 rockets from Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. It is worth bearing in mind that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is implacable, an…
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of visiting with Imam Syed Ali of the Iqra Darul Ehsan Mesgid in Suffern. We had a long and wide ranging discussion, discovering many commonalities not only within our cultural and religious experiences, but also in how we perceive the need for growth and…
