The educational insight of Israel's first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi who saw the Three Weeks - 'between the straits'- as symbolic of our youth.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Jewish parents have been paying high tuition fees while their taxes fund the public school system. A landmark decision may change that.
When the Holy Temple was destroyed, the loss was of a whole way of life.
A congregant asked this venerable rabbi why he chose to be one and received an unexpected answer.
The global pandemic we are in today is a lot like the punishment for the Second Temple, it is a long unending saga with no end in sight.
The Sin of the Golden Calf and the Sin of the Spies, which occurred during the Three Weeks, are the prototype of all other sins.
Moshe’s request for a leader applied not only to his immediate successor, but to all future leaders of Israel. G-d's answer applies as well.
Parashat Pinchas invariably falls during the Three Weeks of mourning for our lost Land and destroyed Holy Temple.
No doubt Pinchas did the right thing. But at what price? The Temple Institute weekly Torah thoughts.
Torah from Israell's first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the iconic Torah Luminary and undisputed leader of Religious Zionism.
PINCHAS Numbers 25:10–30:1 The modest and powerful place of prayer must be open and inviting to those women who truly understand prayer.
What did Moses mean by a nation appearing to be like sheep who have no shepherd? There is always a shepherd when there is a flock of sheep.
What's the most significant story in our Parsha? Pinchas? What makes a true leader? and what does it have to do with 17th BeTamuz?
Death means you stop - not breathing; something much worse – you stop serving Hashem. Your opportunity to choose is lost forever.
The situation could only be described as surrealistic, bizarre, inconceivable, and even grotesque. The nation's leaders were paralyzed!
Status. Change of status. Concepts familiar to us from social media. But we use those terms lightly, often for insignificant matters.
Despite Torah's praise for Pinchas' zealousness, educators throughout Jewish history don't do the same. So what is the Torah teaching us?
When the situation demands it, the gentle priest becomes a man of war, who can and must take decisive and even violent action.
On this day, five negative events occurred in Jewish history, the most remembered one being the Roman breaching of the walls of Jerusalem.
The Sages tell us that Moses wrote the Book of Bilaam. He had good reason to record this antisemite's words.
The Torah says that the enemies of the Jewish People will not be able to make the land prosper. To Ramban this is a blessing, not a curse.
“Not only must the Jew not be afraid to be isolated [BaDaD], he is commanded to choose it. That is why all Jews must live in Eretz Yisrael.
The deer is an animal that nobly and easily leaps over life’s pitfalls, knowing there will be more ahead.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
How come Moses does not know what answer to give five orphaned sisters who want to inherit their father's portion of Eretz Yisrael?
Israel is not a place to escape or run to, although it can be that as well. Israel is a place to step up into higher purpose and meaning.
One of the interpretations of the name Pinchas is "mouth of brass", suggesting that he is the forebear of those who mount protests.
A positive attitude to Zionism and settling the Land of Israel was shared by Rabbi Meshulam Rata (Roth) and his rabbi, Rabbi Meir Arik.
Bilaam represented a poisoned personality with intellectual skills.
From Bilaam to the UN, we have been cursed and slandered by eloquent talking heads. When Micah said "remember" he meant in the future.
Torah from Israel's first Ashkeniazi Chief Rabbi, the iconic Torah Sage and undisputed leader of Religious Zionism.
Balaam arrives at an astounding conclusion despitie his arrogance. How different are the words about him from those about Abraham!
What is the difference between the students of Abraham and the students of Bilam? And what are the three levels of having a 'good eye?'
The quality of “Ya’akov” allows us to survive suffering, that of “Yisrael” allows us to reach the level in which we can declare God’s name.
There are people whose profession is a form of 'cursing'. They are very talented and clever people- whose message is that life is bad.
Balak understood that fear is a powerful weapon. It destroys men and nations and kills a nation’s courage to defend itself. Annex or not?
In our Torah portion, Balak, is the famous blessing from the prophet Bil’am on the Jewish people's homes. But what if it is not the reality?
Tuvia and Yitzi talk Parshat Balak: What's the deal with the story of Bila'am's donkey, and what are we supposed to learn from Bila'am?
Please God, answer all of our prayers - for the good.
What happened that made the Israelites in the desert sing a song of praise to a well - and to which well were they singing?
In the Bilam story, the Israelites were rescued from a danger they knew nothing about by a deliverance they knew nothing about.
The "Thirteen Principles" for those who want to get involved with matchmaking.
On the prayers born out of our seclusion in our homes, and the act of praying against the wall.
The Holocaust is inexplicable to man, as is the Red Heifer. The question mark is the essence of Jewish faith.
Yes masks, no masks, stay home, go out, The debates go on all the time. Is there a Mayvin with the last word? Hashem runs the world, relax.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
This is not in our food section because the ingredients are currently unavailable, but how we wish we could achieve the purity it brings!
Plato's list of types of regimes can be matched uncannily with what we are seeing today, with only the highest similar to a Torah regime.
Just as we know the inevitability of death, we know the inevitability of growth, the “hope” that breaks through the chains of mortality.
The debate in Israel about Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's much publicized meeting with a Reform "Rabba" scrutinized by a rabbinic friend.
In Rabbi Kook’s yeshiva, it was clear that no Jews, including those who were Reform and Conservative, should be boycotted.
There have always been those who refuse to acknowledge the authority of God. Korach added His servant Moshe and the appointment of Aaron.
The opposite of love is apathy which can be more painful than hatred.
Harav Avraham Kook taught us how to think of Am Yisrael as comprising all who are born to a Jewish mother or underwent halakhic conversion.
What makes the Red heifer so mysterious to us? Lecture from the Temple Institute.
Torah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi, the iconic leader of Religious Zionism.
The challenge to Moshe's authority is settled, so why are the Jews complaining again and what is really bothering them?
In Korach, Aaron's staff flowers, in Chukat he and Moshe both sin, so why is he punished first? Why didh't he also beg to enter the Land?
