By Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, WebYeshiva Many question the placement of the commandment to honor parents in the first half of the asseret hadibrot. Assuming the dibrot divide evenly between commandments between man and God and interpersonal mitzvot, why does honoring parents appear in the f...[ Read More ]

The Mission of Orthodoxy Project, #14: The Death Penalty & Karet Prohibition by Rabbi Gidon Rothstein, WebYeshiva In the introduction to his eighth century Halachot Gedolot, one of the earliest compendia of Jewish law we have, the author (known as Behag, the acronym for Baal Halachot Ge...[ Read More ]

By Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, WebYeshiva Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel would say: The world stands on three things: justice, truth, and peace as it says ‘Execute the judgment of truth, justice and peace in your gates’ (Zekharya 8:16). Wh...[ Read More ]

By Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, WebYeshiva And he cried unto God and God showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them. (Shemot 15:25) ...[ Read More ]

By Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, WebYeshiva Shimon his son would say: All my days I was raised amongst the wise and I did not find anything better for a person than silence, action is more essential than exposition, and all who speaks excessively encourage sin. ...[ Read More ]