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.

Parshat Terumah – Giving Everything

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

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...

Take Me With You

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

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.

Of Tables, Isaac Newton, And The Holy Temple

The Shulchan symbolizes material wealth, and everything connected with it relates to the morality of wealth and livelihood.

Just So No to Lashon Hara – Parshat Mishpatim

Whoever speaks Lashon Hara or accepts Lashon Hara, or bears false testimony is fit to be cast to the dogs...

Thou Shalt Not Murder

Some things are hard to accept. The world is supposed to be a good place, mostly wholesome and happy. Yet there are evil acts that ruin everything.

The First Thing Jewish People Need To Know

In fact, the Hebrew slave must be allowed to continue in his chosen career, whether that be investment banking or phlebotomy.

Parshat Mishpatim – A Model Society

Israel being a 'kingdom of priests and a holy nation' necessitates the sanctification of individual, interpersonal and national life so as to give earthly expression to the Torah’s lofty spiritual values.

A New Lease On Life

It is very inspiring and gratifying to know that one has successfully guided an individual or a family to radically change his way of life and become an observant Jew.

Spending Private Time With Hashem

When we take the time to thank Hashem for all that we have, or when we ask Hashem for continued health, this is living one’s life to the fullest.

Maintaining The House Of Hashem

The importance of the collection of the half shekel for the process of redemption derives on its surface from the acknowledgment of the importance of every Jewish person and our unification into a whole in the service of Hashem.

Was There Food On Har Sinai? – Parshat Mishpatim

The Torah here does not say anything about what Moshe ate or drank during those forty days and nights.

Beyond the Letter of the Law – Parshat Yitro

The importance of going beyond the strict law cannot be over-emphasized.

A Fact Of Jewish Life

At Sinai, Bnei Yisrael demonstrated that they understood what Hillel said: The essence of the Torah is love your neighbor as yourself.

What Do We Do About What We Hear?

Vast amounts of information compete for our attention. Every day we are subjected to a glut of news, but how many of us are moved by any of it to do something?

Insuring Our Children’s Jewish Future

I believe Moshe was not praying for Aaron to be forgiven, but rather he prayed that the example that Aaron portrayed in building the Golden Calf would not impact on Aaron’s children.

Parshat Yitro – The National Prerequisite

The Torah is not a 'religion' relegated to the houses of study or prayer. Nor is it a set of rules meant to coercively modify human behavior.

Understanding Our Rabbi

It is not fair to expect that our Rabbi should be a lamdon like Reb Chaim, a master of parables like the Dubno Maggid, a storyteller like Rabbi Krohn, and a posek like Reb Moshe – all in the same person.

Man Versus Angels

The first two days I calculated the portion of my punishment that I had already fulfilled. It was painful.

The Glowing Coal

This terror seems to accompany the fact that Yeshayahu senses that he is to be sent on an important mission and, in fact, waits hopefully to be asked.

Harp Strings Of The Soul – Yitro

The commentaries teach us that the Torah is not a book of stories. It only details things that have a profound lesson to teach us.

Terror, Shabbat, and Consolation

Even the world press spoke differently of this terrorist attack and explained what Shabbat is all about.

Bar Kappara’s ‘Off-Color’ Jokes

By using humor, he could bring home what simple study in a beit midrash could not.

Parshat Beshalach – The Low Soul

At various historic points, a 'low soul' has prevented the children of Israel from successfully advancing our national aspirations and collective mission.

All Glory To Hashem

There is another important parallel between the parsha and the haftara – the miraculous victory over an apparently superior enemy with the aid of Hashem.

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