G-d Isn’t An ATM Machine
After my son, Rabbi Eitam, was murdered with his wife in a terrorist attack, I told my students that no one promised me that G-d is an ATM machine.
A Mega ‘Thank You’ At The Kotel
The intent of the prayer is to teach us to give thanks for surviving potentially life-threatening situations.
Delayed Gratification
These three years are meant to atone for Adam's sin – the sin of impatience.
Not Just A Kidney Revolution
This is greatness. Not to be content with an individual solution that is beneficial only to yourself, but rather to change the accepted way things are done so that all may benefit from your experience.
Now’s The Moment Of Truth
Will we still remember the importance of eating healthy now that we can again eat whatever we want outside?
Freedom For…?
Freedom is not only about rights or privileges, but also about responsibilities.
What Is Freedom?
Freedom is the ability to strive to find the good where no one else sees it. And also to articulate it, with passion.
A Wasted Year?
I never thought I would get so excited over a conversation with friends around a dinner table. I never was so enthusiastic about candies thrown at the bridegroom when he received an aliyah to the Torah.
A Different Perspective On Cleaning
How far we are from those distant halachic discussions regarding a public oven for several families...
Walking Into Freedom – Every Day
We are supposed to prepare for the 14th of Nissan, the day of the Exodus from Egypt. To study the holiday, to go through the Haggadah and, mainly, to go forth into freedom ourselves.
Amalekite Perfectionism
Haman has oceans of honor but he’s lacking one drop. Everyone bows down to him, but he needs Mordechai to bow down, too. If not, all the honor he has received means nothing.
It’s All A Matter Of Perspective
He had the vision to see how his seemingly ordinary activity would create something big and important.
A Tip For Living A Long Life
If you honor and esteem the values of your parents, you will merit long life since you will then have created a bridge between the past and the future and they will unite without interruption.
Get To Know Your Grandparents
Many family members of those who died from the pandemic speak of having missed out where their departed loved one is concerned. Nehora did not miss out.
When Revolution Reigns Outside
In the days of radical change and revolution, everyone is swept outside. Private matters are pushed off, family life does not merit any attention, no one thinks it’s time to invest in the home.
Hearing Another’s Cry
In the parshah we just read, G-d says to Moshe Rabbeinu: 'And I, too, heard the groans of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians are holding in bondage, and I remembered My covenant.'
Advice From Rav Hirsch and Rabbanit Mizrahi
Advice for this stressful time: Rav Shlomo Wolbe said that we should pray at the start of the day over crises that we know will come.
From Moshe To Moshe
Moshe (which means "drawn out”) was drawn out of the water and he in turn drew the people out of the depths of slavery and ignorance into a life of freedom and Torah.
Wise Marriage Advice
Judaism sees marriage differently. Married life is a microcosm of human interaction in the world at large. Marriage is the best school for learning the laws of human relationships.
What Image Comes To Our Children’s Mind?
In a moment of crisis and doubt, Yosef is reminded of his father and mother, of their values, their home, and the moral compass they represent.
Falling Sick Days Before Your Wedding
My necessary suffering was clear: postponing the wedding, entering isolation, placing my relatives in isolation, treating the headaches and other corona symptoms that had begun to appear. Despite all of this, I had to cope. That was clear.
Necessary Vs. Unnecessary Suffering
To our dismay, the pandemic is a fact. But it’s not necessary that we become addicted to screens, to eating junk food, to wasting time, to cutting social ties, to sinking into pessimism. The pandemic doesn’t exempt us from decisions on how to behave.
My Favorite Verse
The revolution of Yitzchak is different – not to rebel, but to toe the line, to continue the tradition, to dig the same wells.
Stay Focused – A Tip From Angels
If we are learning Torah at a particular moment, then that is our mission at that moment, without allowance for any distractions.
Can’t Move, But Happier Than Ever Before
In light of the fact that 25 years ago the doctors predicted that I would live only 3-5 years, I am glad to still be alive.
How Can You Change?
The single good character trait is our continued attempt at self-improvement, the attempt to elevate morality over nature.
You Can Always Give
After months of running away from the world, he could breathe a sigh of relief, of satisfaction and even joy.
What’s Your Ark?
"Even when flood waters are raging all around us and everything looks bleak, there is a Noah's ark that can save us. When a person feels low and downcast, the best advice is: 'Make yourself into an ark' (Genesis 6:14).
Forget The Past
The most important time of life is the present moment since the past is gone and, as for the future -- who knows what it will bring?
Our New Mission
This is the time for one-to-one relationships. Life is no longer a matter of quantity, but of quality.
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