Purim: Our Existential Battle Against Amalek

Although the Jewish People won, Amalek showed the other nations that the Jews were not as invincible as they seemed.

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Tetzave: Jewish Fire, Water, Wind and Earth

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. -Christopher Marlowe

Fallible

An individual may desire to do teshuva, but once he is in the “grip” of aveiros it’s more difficult; it’s as if he is handcuffed.

Revitalizing Our Prayers (Part II)

What’s a chesed tov, a good kindness? Is there such a thing as bad kindness?

Singled Out For Misfortune

What all of these expressions share in common is Hashem’s careful attention to the detail in every matter, concerning every individual and community of individuals.

Jewish Pride And Jewish Names

The consideration the needs of the people of Israel are to be a focal point when the kohen gadol approaches G-d.

Faithfully Committed

When the Beis HaMikdash stood we were keenly aware of our ‘marriage’ to Hashem... In exile however, we are isolated and surrounded by a culture that does not ascribe to Torah values.

Is it appropriate for just anyone to get drunk on Purim?

Many of these commentaries stress that drinking is meant to enhance an appropriate Purim celebration.

Quantity And Quality

Boaz and Fradel had already been blessed with two children, a girl Shayna 9, and a boy Shneur 3, but it had been a difficult journey fraught with the kinds of difficulty that infertile couples face.

Should Tzedakah Collectors Collect A Commission?

Is it acceptable for the meshulach to take a percentage of the donation? Is this counted as part of my tzedakah?

Daf Yomi

Normal Consumption ‘Leave Aside Babylonian Kutach’ (Nazir 36b)

The Wig That Got Away

Long story short, another potential customer managed to jump the queue ahead of me, and she happily walked off with both wigs, after I had effectively negotiated them down to a fair price!

Haman And Today’s Battle Against Amalek

As we encounter Purim and our victory over Haman, let us delve deeper into the unique spiritual and existential battle that the Jewish People must continue to wage against the philosophy of Amalek.

Q & A: Leaving Shul After Shacharit Shemoneh Esreh (Part II)

Question: On occasion we have missed the Torah reading and Ashrei U’va Letziyyon, Aleinu, the Yom and the Kaddeshim, even though we started out with a quorum, as some members leave for work. What are we to do in such an instance? Are there any options? Name Withheld on Request

Parshat Terumah – Giving Everything

The notion of giving everything to HaShem illustrates the difference between the mentality of redemption and that of the exile.

Israel’s Burma Road

Whatever the proposal would be to supply Jerusalem, it would have to circumvent the Latrun fortress equipped with Jordanian artillery that peered over the single artery into the city. The motherhood of necessity was deeply challenged by Jerusalem’s existential predicament.

On Being There, And Nowhere Else

Where are you right now? And, wherever that is, are you truly present with all your being? In the Torah portion we just read on...

Be The Man

Though Israel was his preferred Torah destination, Rav Aharon accepted the mission to travel to America. When he got there, he opened the Lakewood Yeshiva, which has played a central role in spreading Torah across America.

Reb Shimon Elituv, z”l

Everyone has a good word to say about Reb Shimon, good words that come from the truthfulness of their heart.

Take Me With You

We cannot change our basic human nature, but we can refine it with gold, with the purity of the Torah.

The Limits Of Speech

The assumption behind the theory was that current psychological problems can be alleviated when a patient talks about his or her past history, eventually gaining insight into the root causes of the issue.

The Gift Of Giving

So long as Moses was in their midst, the people knew that he communicated with G-d, and G-d with him, and therefore G-d was accessible, close. But when he was absent for nearly six weeks, they panicked.

Teshuva Through The Jewish Press

In some letters, the young man would want to discuss different points in the article; at other times he would ask me about Judaism in general. In each letter he would thank me and The Jewish Press for hooking him up with the outside world.

Revitalizing Our Prayer (Part I)

I’ve been asking myself how sophisticated is my prayer and, to be brutally honest, upon contemplation, I was very disappointed at my prayer accomplishments through the decades.

Stones For The House Of Hashem

It’s interesting that the language used to describe the smaller stones, hewn (gazit), is identical to the prohibition against using metal implements to carve the stones for the mizbe’ach.

Doing And Hearing

The only way to understand leadership is to lead. The only way to understand marriage is to get married. The only way to understand whether a certain career path is right for you is to actually try it for an extended period.

Speedy Horsepower

Many commentators explain that achashtranim refer to mules that were born from the union of male donkeys and female horses (as opposed to hinnies, which are born to male horses and female donkeys and are typically weaker beasts).

Nothing But The Truth

Education is not just about compliance, but about instilling values into our children’s souls, so that it becomes part of them for life.

Is it proper to use the title “Rabbi” when referring to someone who received...

When Rabbi Feldman referred to her with the title rabbi, she registered surprise that an Orthodox rabbi would acknowledge that a woman was ordained. Rabbi Feldman responded, I accord you the same respect that I accord to your male colleagues.

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