Posts by Yosef Farhi

LEADERS OF TOMMOROW People look around, and ask out loud or to themselves – who will become the great leaders of the Jewish people of the next generation? Who will guide and lead the community? Some people look towards those who are sharp tongue or from prominent families. Others look towards those with high I.Q.,…

Recompensa bien merecida Di-s nos pregunta: “¿Quién me ha precedido y debo recompensarlo?” – ¿Quién Me ha elogiado antes de que Yo le diera el alma? ¿Quién circuncidó a su hijo antes de que Yo le diera un hijo? ¿Quién colocó una Mezuzá en la puerta antes de que Yo le diera una casa? ¿Quién…

  EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE Most people agree that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah. However, the definition of the word mitzvah has different meanings in the eyes of different people. Some people believe, mistakenly, that the word mitzvah means a good deed. This is a serious and grave mistake, for this would imply that mitzvoth…

  Bilam y Avraham: dos extremos del espectro La Mishná famosa en Avot nos enseña que todo aquel que tiene un ojo malo, altivez de espíritu, y un fuerte deseo de buscar el placer y el materialismo, es discípulo de Bilam. Por el contrario, quien tiene un buen ojo, espíritu humilde y autocontrol, es discípulo de…

   CHOOSING G-D’S CHOICE There is a strange scene in this week’s parasha that we must not overlook. G-d assigned Moshe a difficult job – to be the one to tell his older brother, Aharon, that on that very day he was to die and not enter theLandofCanaan. Understandably, Moshe had a hard time coming to…