Prepare the Next Generation
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023Moses has to teach Joshua an important lesson in this week’s portion. That if you want a future of the Jewish people then you have to prepare the future leaders to take their positions. Otherwise, there will be no next generation. Share on Facebook
A Lesson in Leadership
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022פרשת וילך / ג’ בתשרי תשפ”ג Moses’s last act before dying is to go to the different tribes and speak about the future. Considering that he was the greatest leader in the history of the Jews this is amazing. He did not spend time talking about his own accomplishments but about the bright future under […]
It’s All Up to You
Friday, September 23rd, 2022פרשת ניצבים / כ”ז באלול תשפ”ב A major message of the Torah is that we have free will. We can set our own agenda. If we want a good life, then we have to do the right thing. Share on Facebook
How To Be Remembered
Friday, June 3rd, 2022פרשת במדבר / ד’ בסיון תשפ”ב – מ”ח בעומר In the Book of Ruth we are introduced to a character known as Ploni Almoni, the Hebrew equivalent of John Doe. He is presented as a good man who does not want to marry Ruth. He has solid reasons not to, and he was wrong. Boaz […]
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