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Chag Sameach
What Can The Ari Teach The Average Jew?
The Ari HaKadosh – Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shlomo Luria (1534-1572) – passed away 446 years ago this week. Here is a simple teaching from him.
An Idea To Handle With Care
This Torah portion offers us a yearly reminder: We need to check if people in the public eye are everything they seem to be
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.
Holocaust Survivors Defy Terror
After the Nazis failed to murder them, Hezbollah tried to do so, but they won’t succeed either, wrote Yaron.
Ribo, New York, And Redemption
The mitzvot enable us to take the most basic things of all: our bodies, our possessions, our most physical parts, and to sanctify them.
The Reality Outside Vs. The Reality Inside
Who are the sources of our information regarding the war? After five get-togethers and lectures in the United States that included difficult questions on the situation in Israel, I understood how important it is to check our information sources.
Jerusalem Consoles
I saw in the eyes of the mourners how Jerusalem consoles. One of the grieving fathers left the Kotel tunnels in tears and said: I connected with all of our past and all of our future and to the historic task of our family within all of this.
He Gave His Kidney, And Then He Gave His Life
For six years I underwent dialysis until he arrived and saved me.
2 Friends, 42 Years Of Daily Talmud Study
The two friends have been studying together every day for 42 years and are completing the Talmud for the sixth time.
Renew Yourself
Have you ever thought about the hobby of the guy who cleans your street? Or his dreams? The city of Akko – as reported by journalist Yair Kraus – has put up new signs which make its sanitation workers into stars.
Five Items Regarding The Chofetz Chaim
In his merit, and to our benefit, let's try to work on speaking less lashon hara.
In His Memory
We must believe and know with absolute certainty that ultimately everything will turn out well, the rabbi proclaimed.
Five Facts About The Life Of Rabbi Chaim Ben Attar
Most of you never heard of Kurt Rothschild who passed away last week at the age of 101, but it is reasonable to assume that most of you benefited from him in some way.
Neta’s Triumph
Rabbi Greenblatt remembers that the rav stood in tallit and tefillin, looked him in the eyes, and gave him a blessing that he should become a talmid chacham and merit to live a long life. The second blessing materialized, he smiled, I hope the first did, too.
Missing Out On Life’s Great Opportunities?
Do we grant ourselves time "to pause, look around, and consider" in order not to miss the announcement that redemption is coming, so that we can adjust the direction in which we are headed accordingly?
Advice From Moshe
It's always possible to ask forgiveness and to forgive, and to begin anew.
Does Anyone Care About Privacy Anymore?
Each tent faced a different direction so that no one could see into the tent of anyone else.
Stuck At Home
coronavirus has given all of us homework
The Coronavirus: Embracing Uncertainty
“All of us are presently learning a course in ‘How to live with uncertainty.’ From my experience, to succeed in this course you need to open your heart to embrace the unexpected.
A Different Kind Of Election
Choosing what really matters
This Week’s Main Headlines
Remembering priorities...
I Want It Now!
Tu B'Shevat is a reminder once a year of the most important commodities: patience, continued labor, investment, devotion.
Vote For Moshe Rabbeinu
Of course, we do not expect our elected leaders to be Moshe Rabbeinu---but wouldn't it be great if just one were great.
Yichus Is Not Enough
Great loss to Israel and the Yemenite community.
Be Honest, Seek Truth
"The first man, Adam, whose greatness is unfathomable, nevertheless raised Cain, the first murderer. In contrast, Terach, who was an idol worshiper, raised Avraham, the founder of our nation and the one who established faith in One G-d. How can this be?"
Landing After Sukkot
Wishing you a great start to a great new year. Shana Tova!
Preparing For The New Year
l the parshiyot we read during Elul serve as reminders for how we can fix and improve our lives before the coming new year. The opening verses of each of these parshiyot point toward the direction we should go
