by blogmaster | Sep 27, 2017 | Divrei Torah
It may come as a surprise to you, after the many hours you have spent over the years sitting in services for Rosh Hashana, that the Torah proscribes only 2 things you need to do to observe this holy day— 1) you should not work; and 2) you should hear the sounds of the...
by blogmaster | Sep 27, 2017 | Divrei Torah
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon or Maimononides offers an explanation of why we blow the shofar. It is interesting that there was a need by the Rabbis to explain this mitzvah since many of the 613 mitzvot are regarded by our sages as commandments not to be interpreted. Rather...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Around 1850, Schopenhauer pronounced noise to be the supreme archenemy of any serious thinker. His argument against noise was simple: A great mind can have great thoughts only if all its powers of concentration are brought to bear on one subject, in the same way that...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Today we are commanded to hear the sound of the shofar. This commandment first appears in Leviticus 23:24-25. It says: “In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance of the shofar blast; a holy occasion.” In the next...