compassion
Following in God’s Footsteps
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kids ask the craziest questions but sometimes they make you think. This is generally what happens when my youngest son learns Torah. He asked me this morning, “What size shoes does God wear?” I took a deep breath...
Have Compassion and Empathy Even in the Most Trying Times
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Shai was an anomaly in the IDF. The patches on his shoulders had two stripes, making him a captain. But he thought patrols in the desert were a great opportunity to work on his tan, so as soon as our jeep left...
It’s Never Wrong To Do the Right Thing
There are few commandments in the Torah that seem as violent and as ruthless as the rules that are set out for dealing with a city that has been led astray (Ir Hanidachat). In this situation, the majority of the people in a specific city...
The Prohibition Against Slaughtering a Mother and Her Offspring on the Same Day
The Torah contains many commandments pertaining to eating animals; which animals are permitted and how to slaughter them. In the context of verses pertaining to Temple offerings, the Torah adds the prohibition against slaughtering an...
The Obligation to Pay Wages On Time
Among the many mitzvot (commandments) listed in the Torah portion of Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) is an incongruous commandment telling the Jews to pay wages on time: The wages of a laborer shall not remain with you until morning....
