Rabbi Haim Shaul

“And Yaakov left Beer-Sheva.” “When a righteous person leaves a place, he leaves behind a void. As long as he lives in the city he constitutes its glory, it’s splendor,…

One of the most fundamental concepts in Judaism is encapsulated by King David in his book of psalms. “You open up Your hand and satisfy all living things with will.”…

At the age of one hundred, Abraham had resigned himself to being childless and lost hope of fathering a child. Therefore, when G-d appeared to him to bless him, Abraham…

Let the honor of your friend be as dear to you as your own Pride, honor and acclaim have an attraction all their own, but our sages warn us that…

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…