In your heart of hearts-when you give tzedakah-how should you feel towards the recipient? It is conceivable that, depending on circumstances, at times you might feel somewhat distressed at giving away your money. Yet, the Torah (Devarim 15:10) advises us: “You shall surely give him, and let your heart not feel bad when you give him, [...]
Jewish Calendar for Mac is a way to follow all the Jewish events for the year. Jewish Calendar enables you to convert every gregorian day format into the Hebrew date. For the month, you have an overview of all upcoming Shabbats and holidays. Click on an event to see a short description or a Parasha, [...]
HaShem instructed  Samuel the Prophet to appoint Eliyav as king.  However, before  Samuel informed Eliyav of  his appointment,  Eliyav spoke with anger to his brother, David.  Subsequently HaShem informed Samuel that the anger of Eliyav disqualified him from the kingship. What’s more, Eliyav did not have a temperamental personality.  Rather, this display of anger by [...]
The Saba of Kelm taught, “A little bit holds a great deal.” Meaning, there are some things in life that produce a powerful benefit in small doses. One of these “small dynamos” is encouragement. For instance, when HaShem appointed Yehoshua to succeed Moshe as the leader of Klal Yisrael, Moshe said to him, “Be strong [...]
A nobleman heard that a doctor in a distant country had formulated an ointment that renders a person invulnerable. Since he often traveled through dark forests, he made his way to the inventor and purchased the ointment. Before leaving for home, he applied the ointment to every part of his body. On the path home [...]
A good educator clearly and systematically explains the concepts that he is teaching. He wants his students to thoroughly understand the reasoning behind the concept so that their minds will grasp, accept, and internalize the idea. After he has proven his wisdom and integrity to his students, he will occasionally present them with a concept [...]
One of the worst tragedies in the Torah occurs when “the spies” delivered a negative report concerning the Land of  Israel, as recorded in Parshas Shelach. Their frightening description of – a land of giants; a land that consumes its inhabitants – set off panic in the hearts of the Children of Israel. Because of [...]
Our Sages tell us that as long as we are in this physical existence it’s impossible for a person to imagine the splendor of Gan Eden. Although, this is true, wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were a conceptual image to give us a glimpse of the inestimable quantum of reward? After Moshe instructed Aaron [...]
The Torah (Vayikra 25:1) instructs us to observe a continuous cycle of working the land for six years and allowing it to rest on the seventh, or Shemitah year. “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them-when you come to the land that I shall give you, the land shall observe a Shabbos [...]
The Torah states (Vayikra 10:9-11): “Do not drink intoxicating wine, when you come to the Tent of Meeting.” Included in this injunction is the law of not issuing a Torah ruling, after drinking a cup of wine (Eruvin 64a). However, it would seem that a cup of wine does not significantly alter our ability to [...]
Of all the treasures that HaShem bestowed upon us, Torah is the greatest of them all. Since the Torah is the Divine Wisdom, it would be reasonable to assume that our intention in Torah study is to become wise. Yet, our Sages, commenting on the verse (Vayikra 8:37) “This is the Torah of elevation,” explain: [...]
After the Tabernacle was completed, the Glory of HaShem covered the Tabernacle. Moshe stood outside until HaShem called to him, as per the verse (Vayikra 1:1): “He called to Moshe.” From which place did HaShem call to Moshe? The Torah reveals, “HaShem called to Moshe from the Tabernacle.” HaShem descended from the Heavenly realm and [...]
. On Yom Kippur Moshe came down from Mount Sinai with the Second Tablets, signifying Hashem’s forgiveness for the sin of the golden calf. On the day following Yom Kippur Moshe assembled the entire nation and charged them with the building of the Tabernacle. At the conclusion of Moshe’s address-The entire assembly left Moshe’s presence [...]
This is the official iPhone App for gTorah.com. gTorah is a volunteer based Dvar Torah website. It was founded in 2009 with the intention of filling the niche and demand for the fantastic works on Torah and the multitude of concepts that are physically and intellectually at hand for Hebrew speakers, but not so for [...]
In this week’s Torah reading we follow the Patriarch Yaakov (Jacob) as he flees Beersheva to avoid a run-in with an enraged and now homicidal twin brother – Eisav (Esau), from whom he has “stolen†their father’s precious blessings. Yaakov leaves his dear parents and goes to stay with a close relative – his uncle [...]
