Legends of the Talmud

Sotah Procedure Part II 01.05.2023 14:37 ↓

Why the Kohen tears her clothes, reveals her hair, and ties a rope around her; Halacha and Chassidus on admitting one's own faults.

Sotah Procedure Part 1 28.04.2023 15:02 ↓

Bringing a Rasha into your home; The description of the Sotah procedure

Cheshbon Nefesh 27.04.2023 12:42 ↓

The reward for keeping track of one's deeds; A practical guide to performing a Chassidic "Cheshbon Nefesh"

A humble prayer 26.04.2023 11:49 ↓

Strategies in humility; Why the humble are considered as if they offered every sacrifice--and why their prayers are more effective

A receptive heart 25.04.2023 11:02 ↓

The mystical meaning of "a heart of flesh"; G-d makes us susceptible to healing

A smidge of ego 24.04.2023 12:45 ↓

Scholars are permitted to have a bit of ego: implications in Halacha and Chassidus

The lofty and the lowly 21.04.2023 11:57 ↓

Regard for the humble; G-d cannot live with an egotist

Humble like Sinai 20.04.2023 13:06 ↓

A humble mountain; uprooting egotists; the resurrection of the dead

G-d visits the humble 19.04.2023 11:51 ↓

Egotists get cut down; The meaning of בכל מכל כל; Whether the humble ascend

Forbidden ego 18.04.2023 11:03 ↓

Is egotism a Torah prohibition?

The secret gift 17.04.2023 13:00 ↓

No Mitzvah can rescue an adulterer; Anonymous charity in Kabbalah; Giving charity at night

All about ego 11.04.2023 14:31 ↓

Egotism is likened to idolatry, rejecting G-d, building a private altar, and engaging in every forbidden relationship in the Torah. Why?

The way we wash our hands 10.04.2023 15:23 ↓

The laws of Netilas Yadaim; The egotistical adulterer; Torah over the holy of holies

Primacy of Rabbinic Mitzvos 04.04.2023 12:40 ↓

What awaits one who isn't careful about washing before eating bread.

The longevity of sin 03.04.2023 11:20 ↓

Every Mitzvah and every sin that we do in this workd escorts us to the next world; How sin is "tied to him like a dog"

Anger and infidelity 31.03.2023 9:08 ↓

The unique role of women in building a spiritual home; The significance of "a worm nibbling at sesame"

When to admonish your family 30.03.2023 11:00 ↓

Is the warning given to a Sotah a "spirit of purity" or "a spirit of impurity"? How involved should we be in the personal lives of our families? And what does our exile have to do with Sotah?

A spirit of folly 29.03.2023 14:49 ↓

Elucidating the Talmudic dictum: "a person does not sin unless a spirit of folly enters him"

Can you outsmart heaven? 28.03.2023 12:28 ↓

What is a Kabbalistic "second marriage"? And can you pray so hard that you end up marrying someone else's soulmate?

Avoiding wine 27.03.2023 12:49 ↓

Why should someone who sees an adulteress being disgraced swear off wine? Plus, marriages made in heaven part 1.