Rabbi Haim Shaul

Even greatness requires Humility In the opening lines of the song of Ha’azinu, Moshe declares,”The Mighty rock, His deeds are perfect, for all His ways are just.”When we see things…

Be the Author in your Book of Life Abraham Lincoln once said, “My great concern is not whether I have failed, but whether I am content with my failure.” Our…

Relationships add meaning, texture, vitality and spirituality to our lives and yet are a deep source of frustration when they go off the tracks. Rabbi Aharon Halevi, from Barcelona, Spain…

Self control and delayed gratification are an important theme that we find throughout the Torah. We find it in the Parasha this week when the Torah writes: “When you say,…

This week we will be reading about the giving of the 10 Commandments, the foundation for moral conduct. The Talmud states, however, that had the Torah not been given, we…

“If a person accidentally kills another, he must be exiled and remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest.“   How does the Cohen Gadol…

This week’s reading begins a new era in the life of a new generation, since nearly a thirty eight year gap had past since the previous event. When the new…

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…

On the day on which we are free from our mundane activities and can appreciate the greatness of G-d’s universe, we contemplate the marvelous sophistication of the natural world.  …

As the genealogy of the Israelite tribes is recorded in the Parashah this week, it is puzzling that when the children of Moshe and Aharon, his brother, are listed, it…