Tammuz: What's In A Name?

The New Mourner

Rabbi Stein begins an exploration of the laws of mourning prior to burial.

A New Complaint

Rabbi Stein explains how the complaints by the Jewish people in Parshat Chukat were different than previous grievances, and that Moshe may have failed to see it.

The Children Of Korach

Rabbi Stein points out the profound lesson inherent in the reciting of a Psalm attributed to the children of Korach, in a house of mourning.

The Nature Of Miracles

Rabbi Stein examines the view of Rambam that miraculous events may not be a disruption of nature but rather a unique part of it.

Necessary Things

Rabbi Stein searches for the significance of the ten items...one of which appears in Parshat Korach...said to have been created moments before the first Shabbat.