Words of Advice
Which is the better option: a yeshiva located in a premises with a cave, dragon, and dungeon, or a brand-new, modern building? Why would anyone choose an ancient building over a new, state-of-the-art one?
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Emunah and Hashkafah
Angels and Sheidim
Malachim, sheidim and the hidden world in the Gemara.
Rosh Hashana in a Cemetery
The Gemara in Brachos (18b) records a particularly interesting incident. A pious man gave a poor man a dinar on Erev Rosh Hashana during years of famine.
Lifelong Goal
The Gemara quotes the fascinating story surrounding the death of Rav Chisda. It was time for Rav Chisda to return his precious soul to his Creator.
Our Better Halves
The second perek of Maseches Megillah starts by discussing the laws of someone who read the Megillah l’mafreiah. If someone read the Megillah out of order, he has not fulfilled his obligation.
Royal Motives
One of the reasons we have a Purim seudah is to commemorate the parties that Esther made, to which she invited Achashverosh and Haman.
Half And Half
When we use the term half we don’t always refer to 50%. When someone is called a half-wit that doesn’t mean he has half of the intelligence of a regular human.
Gemara stories on Angels and Sheidim
The Angel Rebukes Yehoshua for Neglecting Torah
In the middle of conquering Eretz Yisrael, an angel rebukes Yehoshua for neglecting Torah at night, and Yehoshua spends that night in deep Torah study.
Rav Chisda and the Angel of Death
The Angel of Death cannot take Rav Chisda while he learns without pause, until a pillar of the beis midrash snaps and the noise startles him for a moment.
The Angels Who Brought Down Haman
Angels give Esther charm, uproot Achashverosh's trees in Haman's name and push Haman onto Esther's couch, until Charvonah urges the king to hang him.
Hashem Silences the Angels at the Yam Suf
As the Egyptians drown in the Yam Suf, the angels want to sing shirah, but Hashem stops them: 'My creations are drowning and you sing?'
The Pious Man Who Slept in the Cemetery
A pious man gives charity in a famine, flees his wife's anger to a cemetery on Rosh Hashanah night, and overhears two spirits reveal the year's decree on crops.