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8. Some say that it is permitted to speak lashon hara about a baal machlokes -one who is at the forefront of a feud –
Another that can be learned from the verse, ‘One thing I asked from Hashem, that I will request, to sit in the house of Hashem
Tzedakah is so great that even the Holy One is praised about it, as it is written, The Holy God will be sanctified through tzedakah-justice
1. It is a good thing to give a donation to charity before praying, as it says “And I will see you face with charity!”.
The verse says “When you lend my people money; the pauper with you etc.”, and Chazal derive from the words “The pauper with you” that
Chapter 28 A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations PRODUCING MUSICAL AND OTHER SOUNDS ON SHABBATH OR YOM TOV 36.a.
(א) לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְעֶבֶד יְיָ לְדָוִד. (ב) נְאֻם פֶּשַׁע לָרָשָׁע בְּקֶרֶב לִבִּי אֵין פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינָיו. (ג) כִּי הֶחֱלִיק אֵלָיו בְּעֵינָיו לִמְצֹא עֲוֹנוֹ לִשְׂנֹא. (ד)
(מא) שלישי אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ: אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ: בְּכֵן אַפְרֵשׁ מֹשֶׁה תְּלַת קִרְוִין בְּעִבְרָא
Chapter 28 A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations PRODUCING MUSICAL AND OTHER SOUNDS ON SHABBATH OR YOM TOV 35.a.
Chapter 28 A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations PRODUCING MUSICAL AND OTHER SOUNDS ON SHABBATH OR YOM TOV 34.a.
In Tehilim it states, ‘One thing I asked from Hashem, that I will request, to sit in the house of Hashem all the days of
5. It is permitted to speak lashon hara about a heretic – one who denies the Torah or the prophesies of Israel, or even one
It is impossible to quote all of the sayings of the Sages in praise of one who gives tzedakah. Nevertheless, it is proper that we
1. A person must stand to pray before Hashem dressed with respectable clothes, in the same way that people would customarily dress in that place
One who arranges with a poor person that he will give him a specific weekly or monthly amount of money has done something which is
(א) לְדָוִד רִיבָה יְיָ אֶת יְרִיבַי לְחַם אֶת לֹחֲמָי. (ב) הַחֲזֵק מָגֵן וְצִנָּה וְקוּמָה בְּעֶזְרָתִי. (ג) וְהָרֵק חֲנִית וּסְגֹר לִקְרַאת רֹדְפָי אֱמֹר לְנַפְשִׁי יְשֻׁעָתֵךְ אָנִי.
(יח) תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל-רֹמֵ֖שׂ בָּאֲדָמָ֑ה תַּבְנִ֛ית כָּל-דָּגָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר-בַּמַּ֖יִם מִתַּ֥חַת לָאָֽרֶץ: תַּבְנִ֕ית כָּל-רֹמֵ֖שׂ בָּאֲדָמָ֑ה תַּבְנִ֛ית כָּל-דָּגָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר-בַּמַּ֖יִם מִתַּ֥חַת לָאָֽרֶץ: דְמוּת כָּל רִחֲשָׁא דִי בְאַרְעָא דְמוּת כָּל נוּנֵי
Even though in certain aspects doing kindness (i.e., lending money) is great than giving tzedakah (charity), nevertheless, there are other lofty aspects to tzedakah that
3. It is forbidden to speak lashon hara even about a small child if this may cause him hurt or harm. For example: an orphan
The good things which are in the fixing of consistent times to learn Torah is when that time is fixed for him to learn where
1. When one enters the synagogue, one should not hurry to pray immediately upon entering, as his mind will not be focused. Instead, he should
One more incentive can be learned from the verse, ‘If you seek it like silver and search it like a treasure’, that also after learning
(א) לְדָוִד בְּשַׁנּוֹתוֹ אֶת טַעְמוֹ לִפְנֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיְגָרְשֵׁהוּ וַיֵּלַךְ. (ב) אֲבָרְכָה אֶת יְיָ בְּכָל עֵת תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי. (ג) בַּיְיָ תִּתְהַלֵּל נַפְשִׁי יִשְׁמְעוּ עֲנָוִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ.
(כג) וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן אֶל-יְיָ בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹֽר: וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן אֶל-יְיָ בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹֽר: וְצַלֵיתִי קֳדָם יְיָ בְּעִדָנָא הַהוּא לְמֵימָר: (כד) אֲדֹנָ֣י אֱלֹהִים אַתָּ֤ה הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ לְהַרְא֣וֹת אֶֽת-עַבְדְּךָ֔
