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The Ultimate Defeat of Evil
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022פרשת כי תישה / י”ד באדר א’ תשפ”ב The ultimate defeat of evil is not just to survive but to survive in a way that shows they failed to destroy your humanity. As long as you follow God’s commandments evil is defeated. As long as a Jew celebrates being Jewish then the Nazis have been […]
Remember the Second Fiddle
Friday, February 11th, 2022פרשת תצוה / י’ באדר א’ תשפ”ב This is the only Parsha from the beginning of Exodus until the end of the Torah, in which Moshe’s name is not mentioned. There are two reasons for this. Today we explore those reasons. Share on Facebook
Be The Fire in the Menorah
Friday, February 4th, 2022פרשת תרומה / ג’ באדר א’ תשפ”ב When Moses is shown the prototype of the Menorah for the Tabernacle, he notices that it is engulfed in flame. This is to teach us to approach being Jewish with a lust, not to be robots. Share on Facebook
The Importance of Shabbat
Thursday, January 20th, 2022פרשת יתרו / י”ח בשבט תשפ”ב The importance of the Sabbath to the Jewish people cannot be underestimated. It has been said that rather than the Jews kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath has kept the Jews. When we look at the 4th Commandment we understand why. Share on Facebook
What Really Happened That Night
Friday, January 7th, 2022ה’ בשבט תשפ”ב The Plague of the Death of the 1st born revealed that Egyptian society was rotting from within. Share on Facebook
What Was Wrong with the Tower of Babel
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021כ”ט בתשרי תשפ”ב / October 5, 2021 Why was the generation of the Tower of Babel punished? What was the real problem from God’s point of view. Share on Facebook
Morality From the Bottom Up
Monday, September 13th, 2021ז’ בתשרי תשפ”ב / September 13, 2021 The Torah warns that if our society is immoral then the leaders will be immoral. An immoral leader is symptom of a bad society. Share on Facebook
Some Random Thoughts
Monday, November 17th, 2014I know that I haven’t blogged in a while. Share on Facebook
Thinking about Embryonic Stem Cells
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010The hardest questions that we have today concern the junction of science and morality. Share on Facebook
The Mosque at Ground Zero
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010In my last blog I mentioned the justification of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 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