The Mishna recites how G-D’s presence is amid those who study Torah. However the MAHARAM AL-SHAKAR ZT’L ZY’A observes the cited proof texts show a relationship between the number of participants and the intensity of G-d’s presence.

The proof text brought to demonstrate that even a solitary Torah student merits the D-vine Presence visiting and bestowing blessing appears to be taken completely out of context. The Second half of Shemoth 20:21” . . . [I]n all places where I cause my name…

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The spies’ report upon their return from reconnoitering the Land of Israel described a fantastic land that cannot be conquered (see Bamidbar 13:31-33). The spies concluding barb is most interesting “And there we saw the Nefilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nefilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so were we in their sight.” (BaMidbar 13:13)

Rashi ZT’L ZY’A poses the obvious question how did the spies know how the those living in the Land of Israel perceived…

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Events , especially major happenings deserve preparation. There was no more monumental event in the course of human experience than the Law Giving on Mt. Sinai on Shavout. Receiving the Torah made G-D’s will accessible to humankind possible and the birthright of all Jewry. To prepare for this .auspicious holiday a collection of Tanaic teachings that extol the virtues of Torah study are read as a”sixth” chapter to Pirkei Avot and is called Perek Kinyan Torah, [the]Chapter on Acquiring the… Continue

Rabbi Nahorai advises how to preserve the integrity of Torah as it passes

from one generation to the next. Torah cannot be learnt in a vacuum. One needs more than a teacher and colleagues one needs a Makom Torah, a Torah place.



The Rabbi begins by directing that one should exile themselves to a place of Torah. Exile as Rav Shick Shlita in his Magan Avot is more than a change of locale. Exile to a place of Torah is essentially attitudinal in nature. Where does one’s priorities… Continue