Jewish Ethics and Learning
Mussar
Aya Kremerman on Her Teshuva: ''If Only You Knew…''
Aya Kremerman, a former supermodel and Israeli TV presenter who did teshuva, has definitely given up rhinestones and spotlights to return her entire heart to her...
A Lesson on Judaism that Can be Learned From Soccer!
One of the boys who regularly participated in Rav Shalom Schwadron evening class suddenly stopped coming. One day, two days, then three. Rav Shalom was determined to...
The Concept of "Goral"
6-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
Our Sages
Baba Saleh's Unconditional Love for Every Jew
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu once recounted the following story: "One day, I attended a Seudat Mitzvah with Baba Saleh in Netivot. Among the participants was a man named...
7 Tombs of Tzaddikim to Visit in Israel
Who are the Tzaddikim buried in central and southern Israel? What did they do during their lifetime and what are the Segulot associated with their graves after their...
Hilula of the Chazon Ish
For the Yahrzeit (anniversary of passing), tonight, of our master the Chazon Ish, the Torah-Box team is delighted to offer you a very brief insight of his life journey....
Teshuva
My Teshuva Is Creating a Problem in My Shalom Bayit
Here is the transcript of a telephone conversation following a question asked by David D. (anonymous) to a Torah-Box Rabbi.
The 10 Days of Teshuva: I Am the Starting Point
22-minute video class given by Rav Binyamin BITENSKY.
A Positive Approach to the New Year
0-minute video class given by Rav Binyamin BITENSKY.
Torah Learning
The Torah Resides in Those Who "Die" for It
In the Avot scriptures, Shamai teaches us that studying Torah should be the center of our lives. This is what the Talmud tells us in the "Brachot" exposition (35a):...
The Book of Melachim (Part 6): Adoniyahu, the Crown of Beit...
13-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
The Book of Melachim (Part 5): Why Does David Not Mary...
11-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
Messianic Times
Tzfat: The Quarrel that Delayed the Coming of Mashiach
The Arizal (Rav Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi), the most outstanding Kabbalist of all time, lived in a cloister of houses encircling a courtyard in the holy city of Tzfat....
Amanda Todd's Suicide: Humanity Has Reached Rock Bottom
It’s something of a cliché that, following a disaster of sufficiently large scale, people of various faiths start declaring it the end of days. 9/11? The...
Torah & Science
The Explosive Ladybird....
A beetle, with a size of 7 to 10 mm, has a unique explosive device. When the enemy attacks it, a controlled explosion emanates from its body. In its rear part is a pair...
Insects and Their "Radar Jammers"
Bats detect their prey using ultrasound. The signal hits the surrounding objects, and bounces back to the bat giving it a clear picture of its surroundings and the exact...
Fauna and Flora: Who Created These Billions of Coincidences?
The fur of the Arctic hare is white in the winter; and its colour is therefore camouflaged with the snow. In the summer, its fur is brown, and it becomes invisible on a...
Speech Laws
The Sword in the Tongue
There is a terrible ordeal from which many of our people suffer. In the Torah, such an affliction is called onas devarim – verbal abuse. While we are all familiar...
Chassidut
What is Mazal?
8-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
The Crown of the Torah
11-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
The Concept of Disagreements
17-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
Beit Hamikdash
What Is the Importance of a Beit Hamikdash (Temple)?
Question: What is the benefit of a Temple if we have the Torah and the Mitzvot that direct us?
In Our Times The Synagogue Can Replace the Beit Hamikdash
16-minute video class given by Rav Binyamin BITENSKY.
Jewish Thinking
9 Tips for Being Happy With One’s Torah
Rabbi Aharon MiKarlin writes: "There is no explicit mitzvah to be joyful and there is no explicit sin in the Torah regarding one who is sad. However, joy can bring a man...
The Pack of Cookies
Campaign #4: The Pack of CookiesLessonWhat if he was right?As it is written: Judge your fellow favorably (Avot 1-6)He who judges favorably, G-d will do the same with him...
The Mitzvah of Yibum
16-minute video class given by Rav Avi GROSSMAN.
Middot
Anger Is the Most Serious of Defects
"The most serious defect" is what the Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman) writes about anger.The nature of anger brings in its wake serious mistakes. When man is dominated...
4 Methods to Overcome Shyness
Shyness is a middah (character trait) which, like many other traits, must be worked on.A shy person is generally afraid of the judgment of others, has a need to conform...
The Neighbor's Mercedes: Stop Being Jealous!
If your neighbor's Mercedes or your friend's trendy iPhone is bothering you…If you feel it's unfortunate that someone else has received such a thing rather than...
Tzniut
A Jewish Woman: Enveloped Like a Sefer Torah
Today's society only values a woman's external appearance, thus causing her to concentrate on her exterior facade and overlook her internal value. In the 21st...
Jewish History
The Book of Melachim (Part 1): David's Old Age
11-minute video class given by Rav Zave RUDMAN.
Who Are "the Sages of the Great Assembly"?
The Sages of the Great Assembly (Anshei Knesset HaGedolah) have had the merit of being the first to reside in the Land of Israel after the destruction of the first...
Money & Business
Beth Din–Can a First Born Relinquish his Inheritance...
Here is a concrete legal case handled by the rabbinical courts. We have chosen this example to help you learn, ponder upon and gradually assimilate "Daat Torah", so your...
Beth Din: Last Will and Testament Halachically Incorrect
Here is a concrete legal case handled by the rabbinical courts. We have chosen this example to help you learn, ponder upon and gradually assimilate "Daat Torah", so your...
Help …Forex and the Holiness of Eretz Israel!
When Michael emigrated from France to Israel in 2013, it was unexpected that he would fall so low.His BTS of management in his pocket, and not tied down to anyone, he...
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