Timeless Torah

The Talmud presents us with this powerful image: G-d brought out a shekel of fire from under His Throne of Glory. What’s the moral? There is absolutely nothing immoral about wealth: A man need not be ashamed of his shekel.  read more »

Does not the intimate association between Shabbos holiness and Shekolim-money, (i.e., the mingling of sacred and secular) seem strange? Does it not invite the accusation that Judaism is a merchant’s religion?  read more »