Timeless Torah

When the traveling medicine salesman arrived in Tzippori selling, “The potion of life,” he found an interested buyer in Rav Yannai. But what exactly was being sold, and what was being bought?  read more »

While the merciless glare of a lamp may bring to light uncomplimentary facts, Shabbat candles bring, “Peace.” Relationships are built when those involved view each other and are viewed in the light of Torah.  read more »

Imagine,” the former inmate sneered, “a Jew selling the right to pray for bread!” The Rabbi replied. “Why are you looking at the one seller? Why don’t you look at the many buyers?”  read more »

They were the outcasts, the modern lepers shunned by the family of nations. With no country willing to harbor them, they were banished to the DP camps. DP, an acronym for Displaced Persons, or did it mean, Don’t Plan on staying here too long. This pitiful remnant of the Jews and others who had been herded into the ghettos and cattle trains only to be extinguished and cremated in the concentration and death camps, were unwanted.  read more »