Take Five For Torah

Unpaid Debts - future generations are still feeling the effects of the spies' sin, and we must rectify the situation in our own actions.

Every bit of our learning is an opportunity to see the beauty of Hashem's world without actually interrupting our learning.

We're not simply saying a magic formula to gain forgiveness, rather we are reminding ourselves where we really want to be going.

Showing honor to Shabbat by preparing special foods and meals, and personally taking part in some of those preparations.

Calibrating Our Compass - understanding the values in our relationships, materialism, leaders and Israel.

We need to continue doing all the good things we do, but with the same specialness and enthusiasm as if each time is the first.

What is the function of Modim D'rabanan, and how is it different than the regular Modim?

If you listen to a person's voice, it says so much more than the words themselves.

Understanding the Mitzvah of Oneg Shabbat with regard to eating, and its relation to Adam in the Garden of Eden.

A halachic analysis whether it is permitted to eat before praying Mussaf.

In order to help our Tefillot be answered, we should offer prayer filled with sincerity, emotion, and linked to a higher spiritual purpose.

Kavod Shabbat is fulfilled by one's erev shabbat attitudes and behaviors.

Having an open house with many guests will help limit petty conversations and improve peace in the home.

In some shuls or homes during the Friday night kiddush, there are those who have the minhag to sing along at certain parts. Can both the listener and the one making kidush say parts of kidush, mixing and matching?

The set times for ritual prayers are designed to discipline the mind.

Not only do we abstain from cooking on Shabbat, we don't even give it a little stir.

Instead of saying what we will do for others-just do it, and enjoy the smiles on the faces of our friends who are pleasantly surprised.

We are obligated to give comfort to the bereaved, and ultimately that is something we can't do unless the mourner opens his or her mouth first.

To offer a real prayer, a person must be realistically in touch with what is lacking in their life, and what is lacking in the life of others.

Understanding the different concepts that apply to the intent of certain actions on Shabbat.