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Close To Torah
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Torah, and its teaching - Being Close to Torah
- Added on: Dec 1st, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Dovid Boruch Kopel
- Listed in: Judaism Beliefs & Causes
- Tags: inspiration wisdom guidance torah talmud parshah
Recent Posts
Absolute Truth – Parshas Vayeitzei 5770
ויהי כאשר ראה יעקב את רחל בת לבן… (כט:י). “It was when Yaakov saw Rachel the daughter of Lavan….” (29:10). After this week’s Torah portion, we have just met every one of the Avos and Ima’os, the Patria...
The Title “Yehudi” – A Short Thought on Parshas Vayeitzei 5770
The Jews are referred to as “Yehudi”, from where does this come? 1- The simplest reason is because technically, the majority of Jews nowadays stem from the tribe of Yehuda (the explanation of this is beyond the scope of “short”.) 2- In this w...
Mistaken Paralysis
•An amazing event took place this past week in a Belgian health clinic. What we can learn from a man who was mistakenly labeled comatose for twenty three years. Following a car crash, this 46 year old man went into what doctors thought was a coma. ...
What If?
As a new writer for Close to Torah, it is time for me to start bearing my soul. I, like many others, have anxiety issues. Not so much about money, jobs, bonuses to too-rich CEOs; I have anxiety about death and dying. It’s rather inconve...
What is a Jew?
Excerpts from a class prepared for the Shoresh program at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. The answer to this powerful question lies within our Patriarch, Abraham. By exploring the trials and travails of his spiritual travels, we can glean impor...
Save my Mint Chocolate Ice Cream
I was getting ready to call it a day. Then, a few minutes after 11:00 PM, the phone rang. It was for my wife. “Does your husband like Mint Chocolate ice cream?”, asked the caller. “Yes”, my wife replied after I nodded as she l...
