We Are Not A Death Cult
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ May 7th, 2025 @ 7:47 am No Comments »
The Torah admonishes us not to communicate with the dead. Once someone has died, we have to let go. They have transitioned from this world to the next. We transition to this world without them.
The Basis Of Society
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ May 6th, 2025 @ 7:24 am No Comments »
In Parshat Kedoshim we start with the commandment to be in awe of your parents but that the Torah is paramount. The Torah is emphasizing that the basis of any good society is the family structure. And that the leaders of the family are the parents.
How To Achieve Holiness
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ May 5th, 2025 @ 7:21 am No Comments »
After going over the ritual of the service to be done in the Tabernacle and later the Temple, the Torah states that in order to be holy you have to follow the ethical and moral laws.
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, giving tours at the Grand Lodge of New York, being involved in Freemasonry, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then