Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin-in Instagram Youtube
  • בס״ד
Search
Close this search box.

GATEWAYS TO TORAT HAYIM

CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND COMPILED EXCERPTS, COVERING MANY AREAS OF RELEVANT TOPICS
FROM LEADING RABBIS, SCHOLARS AND JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTIONS 

More results...

BY AUTHOR / INSTITUTION
BY MEDIA TYPE
Audio
Text
Video
BY LENGTH
Long
Medium
Short
FROM
UNTIL
Stack of Torah books on top of Torah text

Studying Torah: Merging the Finite and the Infinite

  • Krasnianski, Ben-Tzion
  • "Every letter in the Torah is a vessel, a vehicle for the infinite [which] reflects G-d’s infinite self...
Read more
Row of different colorful mezuzah's with different designs

Mezuzah: The Inside Story – Post 2

  • Simmons, Rabbi Shraga
  • "A 'kosher' mezuzah is hand-written on genuine parchment... A specially trained scribe, known as a sofer, carefully writes the words using special black ink and a quill pen. The letters must be written according to halacha (Jewish Law), and every letter and word must be correct. Any mistakes or...
Read more
Row of different colorful mezuzah's with different designs

Mezuzah: The Inside Story – Post 1

  • Simmons, Rabbi Shraga
  • "If we want our internal world to reflect Godly ideals, we have to protect it against the outside world at the point of interface: the doorway....
Read more
Mezuzah on doorpost

What is the Mezuzah?

  • Brener, Rabbi Pynchas
  • "What is the message of [the] mezuzah [and]... what is [its] effect?...
Read more
A pair of Tefillin on a white surface

Why Don’t Women Put on Tefillin?

  • Adler Lambert, Rivkah & Mendlowitz, Ariella
  • "There is a misconception that when women are not obligated to do certain commandments, it means that they are losing out on something....
Read more
A man's arm wearing Tefillin by the Kotel with his sleeve rolled up

The Power of Tefillin – Post 3

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • "The power of Tefillin, when you put it on daily, is that you become centered on G-dliness....
Read more
A man's arm wearing Tefillin by the Kotel with his sleeve rolled up

The Power of Tefillin – Post 2

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • "The mind and the emotions - your brain, and your heart - are brought together in harmony by the effect of the tefillin....
Read more
A man's arm wearing Tefillin by the Kotel with his sleeve rolled up

The Power of Tefillin – Post 1

  • Friedman, Rabbi Manis
  • "The same laws, the same rules, the same product 3300 later. That is something of a miracle....
Read more
A man's arm wearing Tefillin by the Kotel with his sleeve rolled up

What Are Tefillin?

  • Chabad.org Staff
  • "In a sense, that makes tefillin the ultimate mitzvah. We’re commanded to literally bind ourselves to the one and only G?d....
Read more
Magnifying glass looking at torah text

What Is a Mitzvah? The State of Being Connected

  • Freeman, Tzvi
  • What is a mitzvah? The simple meaning of the word mitzvah is command....
Read more
Painting of the Jews getting the Torah at Har Sinai and Hashem coming down

What’s With All These Laws?

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • "Why does Judaism prohibit me from doing whatever I want? people often ask... Why are there so many laws, instructions, and rituals in Judaism that govern every aspect of one's life, from the way we eat to the way we marry?...
Read more
Coping with Tragedy Flier for coping after what happened in Meron

Coping with the Meron Tragedy: An Open Discussion and Q&A with Rabbi Simon Jacobson

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • "It would be cruel and insensitive to see it as just an accident but we have to see it as a wake-up call...
Read more

Quicklinks

Follow Us

Subscribe to our Newsletter