In Deuteronomy 30:11-14 Moses teaches the Jewish people about repentance. Or, maybe he’s teaching about the importance of studying Torah. The verses aren’t clear.
learning
Learning Torah is the action of studying texts (in Hebrew or in translation) to understand their meaning and application.
Fleeing the Draft
The other day it was reported that former Chief Rabbi Rav Ovadia Yosef said that yeshiva students would be better off to leave Israel rather than be drafted into the IDF.
I waited to comment on this.
I was wondering if there would be any sort of clarification or retraction.
Rav Wolbe Alei Shur on Learning Torah
This morning I was learning Rav Wolbe’s classic Alei Shur.
I read a paragraph that made me stop and say to myself, “Did I understand that right?”
Small Steps for Major Growth
You’ve done something amazing during the past month.
You’ve proved to yourselves that you can change.
If you can change, then you can improve.
How did you prove that you can improve?
Starting a Learning Program
Yesterday I wrote about inspiration.
I (poetically) compared it to a vapor that quickly disperses.