The

TorahLab team, headed by Rabbi David Sedley, has done a remarkable job

at adding a significant contribution to Jewish literature and

understanding.

A little about the book and its history.

“There were many great Torah authors and many styles of mussar. Not every author can speak to every soul; there are after all so many different types of souls. The exception to this is Rabbeinu Yonah

Girondi (and specifically his book on teshuvah). His writings…

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By Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Something occurred to me today. Why are we all different? Why do we all have different talents, natural skills and different likings? The answer is because we all have a different contribution to make. It is our unique abilities that define the contribution we need to make.

I must admit that every once in a while I find myself watching someone and wishing I could sing, talk, write, dance, explain or understand as well as they. But then I realize, that if I could… Continue

By Rabbi Yaacov Haber

The rainbow symbolizes peace because it demonstrates how so many can become one. It symbolizes curse because it shows how one can be divided into so many.

Noach and his family emerged from their ark and saw a rainbow.

The rainbow represented a covenant of peace between G-d and His world. The rainbow symbolized that G-d will not destroy the world again and

that there will never be another flood like the one that occurred in

the time of…

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It’s always fun to read a story about yourself. This is a true story as it appears in a new Artscroll book called “Stories For the Jewish Heart” by Rabbi B. Pruzansky.

I thought I would share it.

Sweet Dreams



One special, golden Shabbos lay ahead on the horizon like a bright

little ball of light.…

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