Blog Archive
What Happens When You Lose the Minyan
Sunday, April 3rd, 2022פרשת מצורע / ב’ בניסן תשפ”ב What happens when you only have ten during davening and one leaves in the middle? We had such a situation and the solution within Jewish Law is that we continue as if we have a minyan to the next major stopping point. Share on Facebook
Preparing the Next Generation
Thursday, March 31st, 2022פרשת תזריע / כ”ח באדר ב’ תשפ”ב This week’s Parsha starts with the commandments concerning childbirth. It stresses the necessity of giving a Jewish baby boy a Brit Milah. At the Brit Milah we traditionally say that he is small now, soon he will be big and should be big in Torah and good deeds. […]
When to Rescind Permission
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021ו’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 12, 2021 What was the problem between Abraham and Lot. What was the real reason that they separated. Share on Facebook
Holiness in the Center
Monday, October 11th, 2021ה’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 11, 2021 Abraham is sent on a holy mission to be at the center of the ancient world. This so that others may learn from him. Share on Facebook
Go For Yourself
Sunday, October 10th, 2021ד’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 10, 2021 In Parshat Lech Lecha Abraham is told to leave his country, nation & family and to travel for himself. That he, through the Torah, is the master of his fate. As opposed to the theory that we are doomed by our birth, country class, etc. Share on Facebook
Better Rather Than Perfect
Friday, October 8th, 2021ב’ בחשון תשפ”ב / October 8, 2021 The story of the flood starts off saying that Noah was a righteous man in his generation. Why the qualifier? Either he was righteous or not. Here we see why. 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
Why Noah Was Chosen
Monday, October 4th, 2021כ”ח בתשרי תשפ”ב / October 4, 2021 Unlike ancient cultures which recorded the flood but gave no moral reason for the flood or why the survivor was chosen, the Torah stresses that Noah was chosen because he was righteous. 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
True Jewish Leadership
Friday, September 10th, 2021ד’ בתשרי תשפ”ב / September 10, 2021 The Torah commands that the king read the Book of Deuteronomy to the people once every seven years. This is more for the king than the people. It is to teach him that even he has to obey the Torah. 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