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Do Not Be Like Everyone Else
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024The curses that are mentioned in this week’s portion are not extraordinary. This is what happens to an ordinary nation. If you have a special relationship to God then prove it by your actions. Share on Facebook
We Are The Problem
Monday, May 27th, 2024The punishments mentioned in this week’s portion are really what will happen if we do not have a just society. Share on Facebook
Respect One Another
Sunday, May 26th, 2024The reason that we lost the Bar-Kochba revolt was that we did not respect one another. This is the lesson we should take from the loss. Share on Facebook
Get Up & Do It
Friday, May 24th, 2024Many people will refuse to do something because “It’s not my job”. This is not a Jewish idea. It does not matter to the Torah. When something has to get done then it is everybody’s job. Share on Facebook
Liberty From Man
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024It is no accident that the successful revolutions put God at the center and the revolutions that degenerated into dictatorship put man at the center. Share on Facebook
Saying “I’m Sorry” Is Not Enough
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024Pesach Sheni is the second chance for those who could not bring an Passover offering during Passover but were unable to. The fact is that one has to do the right thing. Saying I’m sorry is not enough, action is required. Share on Facebook
Not In Heaven
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024While we Jews believe that Jewish law was given at Mt. Sinai, we recognize that the rabbis are entitled to interpret that law as they understand it. Share on Facebook
The Liberty Bell and the Jubilee Year
Monday, May 20th, 2024The Jubilee year is the great reset of society. The command for it contains the famous phrase, “Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to the inhabitants thereof.” This means that we have equal opportunity to succeed. Share on Facebook
It’s A Partnership With God
Sunday, May 19th, 2024Keeping the Sabbatical year is showing that one believes in God by refraining from work on the land for a year. Much like keeping the Sabbath and kosher is showing one believes in God. Share on Facebook
Our Society Must Be God Based
Friday, May 17th, 2024The story of the blasphemer seems out of place until we realize that the message that the Torah is sending us is that any society that is not based on the Bible is transitory. Morality and law must be constant. Share on Facebook
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