Elul 3, 5778, 8/14/2018
 Desert wanderings were a warningWho is not included in the count.... Parsha and Current Events: Passing the final testWhy did Hashem call the greatest of all Jewish leaders by an Egyptian name? Mr. Herzog, sincerity is not enough to turn back the tideThe parasha and current events series: The tragic transgression trilogy of Diaspora Jews. What do your hands say about you?The Parsha and Current Events series. In the process of bringing purity and kedusha to the world, one must be prepared to dirty one’s hands and soil one’s clothing if necessary. Trump’s triumphs vs Korach’s ConflictsThe parsha and current events: Two sides of the same coin. Extracting impuritiesConnecting the parsha to current events. Everything in this world has a substituteThe eight themes in the parsha are substitutes for something or can be replaced by something else. The Parsha and Current Events: How can the Torah be beyond logic?Torah as a way of life. The profound meaning of the US Embassy move to JerusalemThe symbolic act performed by President Trump - and supported by tens of millions of fundamentalist Christians who are well versed in the Bible - was recognition of a special kind. The Rabbis knew about Iran all alongThe Parasha and current events: Behar Achrei Mot - Kedoshim (Israel): A story of deceit and the unexpectedA moral dilemma ranks faith above other values. Why?Stop blunting the dream and stifling enthusiasmThe Parsha and current events. A Pesach thoughtAt the two Torah mitzvot are in effect - to eat matza and relate to our children the slavery episode and the miraculous exodus. The Parsha and Current Events: Worlds apartA tale of two Seders.A perversion of JudaismThe parasha and current events. The Metamorphosis of the Jewish NationThe Parsha and Current Events series. A meaningful wink from the AlmightyCurrent events find matching stories in the parsha and the Purim story. Five parshiot and half a shekelThe parsha and current events series. The Parsha and Current Events: The half aspires to become a wholeWe were commanded to inherit the land that Hashem gave to our forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’akov. We are prohibited from leaving the land in the possession of any other nation or from leaving it fallow. Theft, denial and swearing falselySeries: The parsha and current events. Payback: straw, stone, lead and the PolesThe Parsha and Current Events series. Stop being Jewish!Do you want to be a Jew? Or do you want to be Jewish? Why does the right hand of a Jew who forgets Yerushalayim fail him?The parsha and current events talks about Jerusalem – the eternal capital of Israel and the stairway to heaven. Vayigash: Pharaoh welcomed the Jews to EgyptHashem directs the timing of events that lead to the obvious rational decisions that He wishes to come about in history. See Pharaoh then and the Saudis today. The Parsha and Current Events: Dep. Min.Hotovely’s visit to the USThe categorical arrangement of American Jewry into the Unaffiliated, the Reform, Conservative, Modern Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox is fallacious. Jewish prideThe current Torah readings are a harbinger of how Esau and Yishmael are going to treat Jacob and Isaac's descendants. What factors determine personality?The Parsha and Current Events. The Parsha and Current Events: Eliezer’s agendaHashem knows the real me and you. Great eulogies: PM Yitschak Rabin and Rabbi Meir KahaneThe Parsha and current events: two assassinations. The Parsha and Current Events: The rainbowThe rainbow’s external and internal reality. An open letter to US President TrumpThe United States must help realize G-d's plan for the world. UshpizinThe parsha and current events.Annual Rosh Hashanah Wrap-upEretz Yisrael is central to everything Jewish. Come home! The parsha and current events: Conscious awarenessCoincidence is G-d's way of running the world incognito. The Parsha and Current Events: Rewarding murderThe time has long passed for all rational people to dismantle the UN brick by brick, lie by lie, distortion by distortion, for it is the modern-day version of Sodom and Gomorrah.The Parsha and Current Events: The real need for reformHow much do Reform leaders, let alone members, know about Judaism? Non-Orthodox Movements - the schismIt’s time to let go of the Reform and Conservative movements. Our 55th Aliyah AnniversaryTo this day, we have never looked back. The parsha and current eventsWhere is it written? Chodesh Tov -Parsha and Current Events: Balance and EqualityNature does not relish or encourage imbalance or inequality. The parsha and current events: The answers to our questionsThe answers to so many questions lie in Hashem’s promiseThe Parsha and Current Events: A cure for the greatest Jewish illnessWe are witnessing a slow but progressive spread of spiritual gangrene overtaking the galut organism. A Passover story in memory of Sergeant Elchai Taharlev Hy'dTwo cities, worlds apart. Purim and military victoriesThe military victory is the essential, although underplayed, miracle of Purim.The era of lackluster leadership?Could our prime minister say these words? Overzealous patriotismThe Torah reading and current events. The descent of the nationsRebelling against G-d's Will is never successful. Can a tzaddik retire?The Parsha and Current Events. The ultimate joy of MotherhoodA Jewish child - and any child - is a perfection that passed the inspection of the Almighty Himself. The Parsha and Current Events: The Jewish Nation Deserves a GiftThere is always a way for the parasha to enlghten us with insights that are necessary to absorb today The parsha and current events: The strong forceThe only one who can appraise the greatness of the Creator is the Creator Himself.The Parsha and Current Events: A good omen for our NationTorah is timeless.The parsha and current events: Two assassinationsRemembering Rav Meir Kahana Hy"d and PM YItzchak Rabin z"l. The Parsha and Current Events: One people in deep watersWhenever I am present at a simcha (celebration) of our children and grandchildren (engagements, weddings, etc.) I look around the table at the young personalities who are the friends of our family. Jewish naches. |
