Pay For Services Rendered
By Shlomo Bar-Ayal ~ May 8th, 2025 @ 7:36 am No Comments »
The Torah specifically states that we must pay our workers when we say that we will. We are not allowed to make them wait for their money. To do so would create societal divisions.
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.
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