Rabbi Haim Shaul

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…

In this weeks Torah portion we are given the Mitzva of counting the Omer for the 49 days leading up to Shavuot.   When we think of the wondrous miracles…

A student once saw the great sage Hillel leaving his academy. He approached the sage and asked him where he was going. “I am going to do a Mitzva for…