The world stands on three things:
On Torah, on worship, and
on deeds of loving kindness.

—Simeon HaTzaddik, Pirkei Avot

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Promise Keepers

If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. (Numbers 30:2) A vow or oath is an oral promise to which a person voluntarily obligates himself. Vows and oaths have not disappeared from the world. If...

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Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1 | Shoftim (Judges) 11:1-33 One of the strangest stories in the book of Judges is contained in haftarat Chukat. It is the account of the fall and rise of Jephthah, the son of Gilead. Being the son of a harlot, he was ostracized by his half brothers. He then took up residence away from them in another part of the country. He...

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Month: Tammuz (תמוז)

Keep Your Focus on Him

The month of Tammuz is upon us. It is as if we blinked our eyes and we were already through the spring festivals. Now it is time to move forward into the long summer months. There are a little less than four months from the end of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks) until the beginning of the High Holy Days in the fall. Imagine a...

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