When Chazal say one who does a mitzvah he was commanded to do is greater than one who wasn’t commanded, they don’t mean more praiseworthy. They mean the effects of his mitzvah are far greater than one done voluntarily
“Rabbi Emanuel Feldman has seen it all, and getting to hear his perspective on Jewish life is invaluable”
It is a puzzle how these boys made it as far as the year in Eretz Israel without their learning difficulties being detected
As a society we need to remember that some things are needs and some are wants, wishes, or dreams. We live in a time when we have so much that it becomes hard for us to sometimes discern the difference between a need and a want
We are in the midst of an attention crisis, which we must understand and then urgently work out what we can do about it
Defending one’s stance in Torah while retaining respect for the other who disagrees
