Redeeming a Hebrew Slave
391) The subsequent Mitzva is to redeem a Hebrew slave and a Hebrew maidservant, to designate the Hebrew maidservant, to discuss the […]
391) The subsequent Mitzva is to redeem a Hebrew slave and a Hebrew maidservant, to designate the Hebrew maidservant, to discuss the […]
384) Now that you have repented and adhered to the tree of life, you have emerged from the degree of
377) It is a Mitzva [commandment] to set aside cities of refuge for those who have killed because that Egyptian, which you
“Raba Bar Rav Huna said, ‘Anyone in whom there is Torah but no fear of heaven is like a treasurer
“Ascend in degree, choose a bridesmaid.” That is, accept a friend as greater than you. “Descend in degree, choose a
“The reward of the bride—pressure” (Berachot 7). A “bride” means faith, and all the benefit is that when a person feels
“A certain man once gave his slave to his friend to teach him a thousand different ways of making pap
“Hear, my son, your father’s morals and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.” Musar [morals] comes from the verse, “Should one
“He who is commanded and does is greater than he who is not commanded and does” (Kidushin 31a). We should interpret
March 7, 1962 “Rabbi Shimon Ben Elazar says, ‘If children tell you ‘Build!’ and elders tell you ‘Break!’ heed the