A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | Duration: 1:39
Every business transaction, even a simple purchase in a store, is an opportunity for kiddush Hashem.
16 Av 5769 | Duration: 15:31
Devarim Raba Parsha 3
To ensure your personal honesty and integrity, find a kosher accountant and a rebbe.
15 Av 5769 | Duration: 15:38
Mak. 24a
Issues we should each address to become the Holy Nation we can be...
14 Av 5769 | Duration: 16:52
Reflections on Tisha B'Av: what should we learn from the fast?
10 Av 5769 | Duration: 17:32
Davening and Torah study must lead to proper action -- honesty in business among them.
5 Kislev 5769 | Duration: 13:26
OC 155:1-2; MB 155:8-11
Keeping our promises is not just about our interpersonal and business relationships; it is a spiritual necessity for the entire Jewish People and the entire world. We must always be of one voice in heart and speech.
27 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 15:29
Sha'arei Teshuva 3:183; Zeph. 3:13; Brachot 2:2
Dedicated in honor of Rabbi Hager, the rabbi of the Wall Street Synagogue, and in honor of Yoel ben Ephraim Mordechai.
We must use a hin tzedek in all of our business dealings -- whether literally or figuratively.
26 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 14:45
CM 204:7; Shabb. 31a; Sha'arei Teshuva 3:182
Part of emes entails being true and honest, and that means keeping our promises.
24 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 17:02
Lev. 19:36; Bava Me. 49a; Bava Me. 44a; Sukkah 46b
We may only possess accurate weights and measures. Based on the same verse, Chazal admonish us: say only what you mean.
22 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 13:06
Lev. 19:36; Bava Me. 49a; Mak. 24a
Changing our words or deviating from the truth does not mean that we are deviating from emes. A proper understanding of emes at times includes deviations from what in English is called "truth."
21 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 15:17
Emet l'Ya'akov (Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt"l) Breishit 27:12
Sometimes we can deviate from the truth, so long as we stick within appropriate halachic boundaries. But making a habit of such deviation is dangerous.
19 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 14:15
Yev. 63a; Yam Shel Shlomo (Maharshal) Yevamot 6:46; Gen. 27:19; Rashi, ad loc.
Rabbeinu Yonah differentiates among different types of untruth, distinguishing between that which is permitted and that which is forbidden. But even the permitted should be avoided, as it accustoms our tongues to falsehood.
15 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 13:08
Sha'arei Teshuva 3:181
There are times when we are allowed to deviate from the truth, but knowing how and when is generally extraordinarilly difficult to judge.
13 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 14:21
Ketubot 17b; Yev. 65b; Sha'arei Teshuva 3:181
Dedicated l'ilui nishmat Geula Yehudis Malka Rivka bas Chaim Mordechai on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
We have two mitzvot regarding truth and falsehood: "Do not lie" and "Distance yourself from falsehood. Why two mitzvot and what is the difference between them?
9 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 16:08
Exo. 23:6-8; Shevuos 30b; Yad Ketana Ch. 10 Deot 1:1