This week’s parsha, Parshas Shoftim, is generally the first parsha read in the month of Elul.  In the parsha, we read: כִּי-תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל-אֹיְבֶךָ, וְרָאִיתָ סוּס וָרֶכֶב עַם רַב מִמְּךָ--לֹא תִירָא, מֵהֶם - When you go out to war against your enemy, and you see...

Dear Friends, Shavua and Chodesh Tov. For your interest, here is the link to my shiur of this morning, given at the YI Woodmere - Ani Le’Dodi v’Dodi Li: Empathy and Sensitivity Toward My Fellow Jew. https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/905478/mrs-michal-horowitz/ani-le-dodi-v-dodi-li-empathy-and-sensitivity-toward-my-fellow-jew/ Please enjoy and share this shiur link with others. Kol tuv, Michal...

In this week’s parsha, Parshas Re’eh, we are commanded regarding the mitzvah of giving tzedaka (charity).  כִּי-יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֶבְיוֹן מֵאַחַד אַחֶיךָ, בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ, בְּאַרְצְךָ, אֲשֶׁר ה’-נֹתֵן לָךְ--לֹא תְאַמֵּץ אֶת-לְבָבְךָ, וְלֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת-יָדְךָ, מֵאָחִיךָ, הָאֶבְיוֹן - If there shall be a destitute person among you, of one...