Tu B’Shevat And Urban Dove

This school opens up new safety concerns for residents, as well as spiritual concerns.

Our Private Exodus

The story of the plagues is a story of our daily lives. We are not prophets like Moshe and Aaron, and yet Hashem talks to us all daily.

Straightening The Bent Path

The most fundamental aspects of Torah are expressed in the most deceptively simple manner. Our job is to delve into these hidden aspects and reveal the inner depth behind them. There is probably no single object in the Torah which is more overlooked than Moshe's staff-yet how often do we ponder its paramount significance?

Running On Willpower

A number of commentators explain that “chefetz” is a strong, physical type of desire while “ratzon” is a more subtle desire to do the right thing.

Mitzvos And Miracles

She would give them Chanukah gelt and donuts, maybe even latkes, and would try to make the festival as happy as possible. But it wouldn’t be the same without Abba.

Keep The Feeling Alive

Hashem wanted us to “seize the moment” and remember how we felt when we left slavery, in order to enable us to set our slaves free later on.

Two Words, Two Worlds

Hakarat Hatov – which means gratitude, is one of the biggest actions we can take to please Hashem.

On Target

There was one man in a wheelchair, and some of the assembled were uneasy about leaving him behind. If they would begin pushing the chair, they would surely not make it to shelter quickly enough.

My Dear Deer

The Land of Israel is often called the desired land: “eretz chefetz” (Malachi 3:12), “eretz chemdah” (Jeremiah 3:19, Zecharia 7:14, Psalms 106:24), and “eretz ha’tzvi” (Daniel 11:16, 11:41).

Dealing With Anti-Semitism

If a person would sense that he is a noble dignified person, it would help him avoid falling prey to the yetzer hara.

Faith In The Future

When G-d said, “I will be what I will be,” He was telling us something not only about G-d but about us when we are open to G-d and have faith in His faith in us.

Feeling Low

What happens when that devil is standing and waiting for you as you failed or messed up at something?

Can You Really Become as Great as Moshe Rabbeinu?

The Rambam says something absolutely shocking. He claims that everyone is capable of becoming a tzaddik like Moshe Rabbeinu. How is this possible? Not all of us are able to become leaders, let alone become the greatest leader in human history. So what does the Rambam mean?

Why MetLife?

If we are dealing with the end of days and the knowledge of Hashem is abundantly clear to all, how could each nation think of deceiving Hashem?

Tefillin On Time

We were heartbroken. Beyond the cost, who could deny the holiness and sentimentality of a boy’s tefillin?

Jacob’s Three Names

How do we know that Yeshurun is Yaakov? One place where the equivalence is clear is a passage recited before the morning prayers.

The Judge Knot

Should the judge be strict and abide by the law, or make an exception because of the circumstances?

Family, Faith, And Freedom

Genesis is not a hymn to the virtue of families. It is a candid, honest, fully worked-through account of what it is to confront some of the main problems within families, even the best.

Failing Or Falling

Falling down had some hope immersed within its meaning. If someone falls down, they can get up.

A Biblical Feast

Ibn Janach writes that produce is called “tevuah” because it comes at certain times of the year.

Living In Mitzrayim

It is only prohibited to dwell in Mitzrayim while it is under non-Jewish rule. The reason for this is because the actions of the people of Mitzrayim were the most immoral, and thus the Torah did not want individuals to dwell there under their influence.

Doctors Are Important, But…

When it comes to our health, hishtadlut often means going to and listening to a doctor.

The Future Of The Past

Joseph is helping his brothers to revise their memory of the past. In doing so, he is challenging one of our most fundamental assumptions about time, namely its asymmetry. We can change the future. We cannot change the past. But is that entirely true?

Choose Your Words Wisely

If women were given the gift of 9 portions of speech as opposed to the men who were given only one portion, we must realize that Hashem gave us a gift and wants us to use it wisely.

Holy Priests Vs. Unholy Priests

Rabbi Hirsch ties “komer” to the emotional manipulation commonly employed by idolatrous priests.

Think. Feel. Grow: Parshat Mikeitz: Yosef, Chanukah, and the Battle for True Beauty

Parshas Mikeitz always falls out around Chanukah, and Chazal explain that this is not coincidental. In explanation of this phenomenon, the commentaries discuss how Yosef is connected to Chanukah, and how he symbolizes our victory over the Greeks.

A Zos Chanukah Adventure

The bus driver signaled to the hordes of frustrated people at the various bus stops that he could not stop for them, but some brave/foolhardy souls literally stood in front of the bus trying to block its path in their frenzied determination to get on their way.

Trump: An Anti-Semite?

How ironic it is then that so many people call this great president, president Trump, an anti-Semite! Why is that so?

Joseph And The Risks Of Power

Mikketz represents the most sudden and radical transformation in the Torah. Joseph, in a single day, moves from zero to hero, from forgotten, languishing prisoner to viceroy of Egypt, the most powerful man in the land, in control of the nation’s economy.

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