Being Nice is Not Enough
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024When Moses saw the Egyptian taskmaster beating the Jew, he looked around and did not see another man. This is to teach us to do the right thing even if it isn’t the nice thing. Share on Facebook
Fear God More Than Man
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024When the midwives in Egypt get the order to murder all male Jewish babies they resist. The Torah states that they fear God more than Pharaoh. Fearing God will get you to do the right thing. Share on Facebook
The Ultimate Defeat of the Nazis
Thursday, April 28th, 2022פרשת אחרי מות – י”ב בעומר / כ”ז בניסן תשפ”ב Today is Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism in Israel. The true defeat of the Nazis is not that we survived but that we survived as Jews and will continue to be Jews in spite of their evil. Share on Facebook
The Curse of Bad Education
Thursday, August 26th, 2021י”ח באלול תשפ”א / August 26, 2021 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