Rabbi Haim Shaul

The majority of the day of Yom Kippur is spent in prayer. Indeed it is the only day of the year that we pray five separate prayers.   But what…

“It shall be when you come into the land of Israel, you shall take from your first fruits and bring them to the Temple”   Our tradition explains that the…

We all make judgments, large and small, constantly throughout our daily lives. Therefore, we have to ask ourselves whether we are being objective in our decision making or if immediate…

Moses, in this week’s Parasha portion, teaches a fundamental principle of Torah philosophy.   “Man does not live on bread alone, but by everything that emanates from G-d does humanity…

Moses retells the story of the appointment of the judges that took place 40 years earlier. It is puzzling that Moses told the judges that any question which is too…

Pinehas’ act of zealotry, when he went against Zimri’s open act of defiance, was described in last week’s Parashah, and yet, the reward for his actions are not written there…

Anger is one of the most destructive human emotions that Maimonides wrote should never be expressed even for a positive outcome. A person, however, can feign anger for a greater…

The episode of the spies was not only disastrous for the generation of the exodus who perished during the 40 years of wandering in the desert, but it has also…

In the Psalm which is read on Shabbat, King David wrote, “How great are Your works, O Lord.”   On the day on which we are free from our mundane…

During the weeks leading up to the giving of the Torah, we study the ethics of our fathers.   Hillel the elder said, “If I am not for myself, who…