[caption id="attachment_4512" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Be Careful!"][/caption] I don't know how else to say it, he loves to play with fire. I've known him almost my entire life, and he has always enjoyed pushing things as close as possible to the edge. For example, he, a...
[caption id="attachment_4476" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Haftarah"][/caption] “Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you dance between two opinions? If God is the Lord, follow Him! And if the Baal, follow it!” Why did Elijah focus only on Baal? After all he had insisted...
Rabbi Eliezer taught that the book and the sword came down from Heaven wrapped together. This was to send a message that those who are occupied with the former (Torah Study) will have no need to fear the sword, but those who choose the latter...
[caption id="attachment_4476" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Haftarah"][/caption] “Obadiah was on the road and behold! Elijah was opposite him; he recognized him and fell on his face and said, 'Is this you, my master Elijah?'” How strange! The verse already pointed out that Obadiah recognized Elijah, enough for...
I Kings 18:1-39: “It happened after many days that the word of God came, to Elijah, in the third year, saying,' Go, be seen by Ahab; I shall give the gift of rain upon the face of the land.''” God does not command Elijah to...
One of the most famous stories about my Uncle Noach zt”l is his chess match against an international chess master. The latter had been studying in Aish HaTorah for a few weeks and was ready to leave.