This is a re-upload of the world-famous lecture given by Rabbi Mendel Kessin about the profound dangers of loshon hora [slander] and the ...

In Yehezkel 38 and Zechariah 14 , it talks about the last war, which is Gog from the land of Magog. There are all types of prophecy, b...

Torah learning for the Refuah Shleimah of Michoel ben Esther Rivka .  B"H his condition is improving, if you would like to give tze...

by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto  We have learned of the paramount importance of loving one's fellow and how much we have to gain from...

"And they rushed him out of the dungeon" [ Mikeitz 41:14 ] In the Chofetz Chaim's later years, the Communist Revolut...

Art: Sarah Porter  "For I have seen all that Lavan is doing to you" [ Vayeitze 31:12 ] The Chofetz Chaim expounded on...

1838-1933 [5598-5693] Rabbi Israel Meir HaCohen Kagan is commonly known as the "Chafetz Chaim," the name of his famous wo...

Artist Unknown When you speak lashon hara you give your merits to the one you're slandering and take their transgressions. [Ch...

"Speak to the Children of Israel and let them take for Me a portion" [Terumah 25:2] Why does the verse state "...

Photo Tim Wolverson by Rabbi David Pinto Shlita One day the maggid of Radin, Rabbi Binyamin HaTzaddik, went to see the gadol of the...

Art by Nick Gustafson Moses cried out to the Lord concerning the frogs that He had brought upon Pharaoh....And the Lord did accor...

"I am an alien and a resident among you" [ Chayei Sarah 23:4 ] What is the meaning, asked the Dubno Maggid, of the expre...

Ever since I heard Rabbi Kessin's Power of Speech  I have been on guard for things I may say that could be considered Lashon Hara.  It ...

"Cursed is he who secretly strikes his fellowman" [Ki Tavo 27:24] Rashi explains that this curse refers to one who speaks lash...

Unknown artist Know that the prohibition against Rechilut [talebearing] applies even if the speaker does not intend to arouse ill will...

by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto Shlita  It is written, “As the partridge broods over eggs that she did not lay, so is one who amasses we...

"And they rushed him out of the dungeon" [Miketz 41:14] In the Chofetz Chaim's later years, the Communist Revolution...

Photo Luis Beltran by Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein "For I know its inclination" [ Vayelech 31:21 ] A man's yetzer ha...

"A man's holy items shall remain his" [Naso 5:10] To what can this be compared, asked the Chofetz Chaim? Answer:...

Onaas Devarim – Words that Hurt by Rabbi Chaim Morgenstern It is unimaginable for any G-d fearing Jew to earn a living by chea...