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3. One who makes a comment that can be interpreted either as something positive or negative, if the speaker’s interpretation is negative, and the listener
1. One who speaks lashon hara, violates the commandment, Remember what Hashem, your God, did to Miriam. Miriam was afflicted with tzaraas (leprosy). This despite
16. One who speaks lashon hara in order to find favor in the eyes of the listener, has transgressed the prohibition, You shall not bring
14. One who speaks lashon hara in the presence of another in a way that causes him not only hurt but humiliation, has transgressed the
12. One who speaks lashon hara and thus bolsters a dispute, transgresses the prohibition, You Shall not be like Korach and his followers, this is
10. One who serves as a single witness in a against another fellow who has committed a misdeed, since as an only witness he is
Our Sages taught that batei midrash raise a person from being judged negatively to being judged favorably. When a person enters the beis midrash he
1. One who bows down during the Amidah (in those four places where Chazal decreed) must bow down until all of the vertebrae in his
Amongst the basic rules between neighbors who want to live together in love, brotherhood, peace and friendship are that they should not exaggerate and take
There are two reasons why people do not maintain enough observance of the mitzvah of kindness: (a) because they do not know the details of
(א) יֹשֵׁב בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי יִתְלוֹנָן. (ב) אֹמַר לַיְיָ מַחְסִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אֱלֹהַי אֶבְטַח בּוֹ. (ג) כִּי הוּא יַצִּילְךָ מִפַּח יָקוּשׁ מִדֶּבֶר הַוּוֹת. (ד) בְּאֶבְרָתוֹ
Chapter 29 Laws Derived from Isaiah: Running, Walking, Commerce, Measuring, Reading, Speaking MEASURING AND WEIGHING ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV 40.a. One may weigh or
Chapter 29 Laws Derived from Isaiah: Running, Walking, Commerce, Measuring, Reading, Speaking MEASURING AND WEIGHING ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV 38.a. It is permitted to
7. One who speaks lashon hara, will occasionally transgress the prohibition, You shall not hate you brother in your heart, this is so if one
This commandment of doing acts of kindness makes peace between Yisrael and their Father in Heaven. The Sages further said in the Midrash (Rus Rabbah
The terrible loss described above caused by wasting learning time is just if he just sat idle and did nothing. However, humans are not naturally
King Shlomo (may he rest in peace) said in Mishlei “A near neighbor is better that a distant brother!”, and a good neighbor will help
1. In four places in the Amidah a person needs to bow down: at the beginning and end of both the first blessing and the
1. One must concentrate when fulfilling the commandment of dwelling in the Sukkah that it is a reminder of the exodus from Egypt, and also
(א) תְּפִלָּה לְמֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֲדֹנָי מָעוֹן אַתָּה הָיִיתָ לָּנוּ בְּדֹר וָדֹר. (ב) בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים יֻלָּדוּ וַתְּחוֹלֵל אֶרֶץ וְתֵבֵל וּמֵעוֹלָם עַד עוֹלָם אַתָּה אֵל. (ג)
(א) מַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי. (ב) חַסְדֵי יְיָ עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִי. (ג) כִּי אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶם. (ד)
1. Even though a person is allowed to make personal requests during the Amidah, he should not do so during the first and last three
5. One who speaks lason hara, transgresses the prohibition, Beware, lest you forget Hashem, your God, which is a prohibition against acting arrogantly, as one
Throughout the Torah and the sayings of our Sages there are many statements in praise of the trait of kindness. And in many places kindness
