Had we known last year that nearly 12 months later we would be in a lockdown, we might have despaired, but there is much we can do right now
Will you be part of the 80% or the 20%?
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
The Founding Fathers wanted America to be a unified nation. They realized that a pressure cooker is not what is needed, but a melting pot.
Three years have gone by since the death of the incomparable and indefatigable Toby Willig. May her memory be a blessing.
Israel's first Chief Ashkenazi rabbi and iconic leader of Religious Zionism explains Psalm 125: We are all judges of those who teach us.
What does God have against Pharaoh?
Out of the longing of distancing, husband and wife reunite with greater love, and thus the fire that keeps marriage alive is guarded.
True profound love, of the highest and deepest kind, literally transcends death.Those who have passed on are still with us.
A meeting of Congress opened with a prayer to God (He/She/It) and concluded with “Amen” and “A-women”. We really are strangers.
Observing and learning: Don't just pass by! Every rose bush you pass by is a glorious opportunity.. Every fruit on a tree!
Two special Jews died this week, one world famous and the other known only to his friends, but the world is poorer for it.
This week's online initiative for children: The Hebrew word for pandemic is in yesterday's Torah reading.
To initiate the recognition of God, one must begin developing a more realistic view of the self. Pharaoh had to rethink his self-image.
Choice is a gift from G-d that makes us who we are..
Gratitude with sensitivity to humans, gratitude even to the inanimate. Respect for oneself and respect for one's past.
The Chief Rabbis’ insight for Parshat Va’eira in light of Psalm 71: "Do not cast us aside when we are old and our strength has failed.".
It was at this time of year that Pharaoh declared that G-d is in control. And with COVID, we are coming to terms with something similar.
Why would Hashem even send Moshe to give a speech Am Yisrael wouldn't care about?
We must learn to 'pay it forward', realizing that many of the fruits of our labor won’t be ripe for years.
The Jews were not freed from Egypt merely to become a nation, and not just to establish a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.
There are heights you cannot climb without first having fallen. Moses shows us the need to try and try again.
When I saw the mob attacking the Capitol, a past trauma flashed through my mind.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
The world must comprehend the 3 truths determined by G-d's actions in Egypt.
G-d could have wreaked just one major plague on Egypt to achieve Jewish freedom. Why were there ten?
Rabbi Steinman: "Maybe when you feel the pain of another and make it your pain, that itself opens new gates and creates new merits..."
Immersion in water symbolizes the Divine grace granted to all equally, similar to rain that falls on all creatures, adding blessing to life.
Is it prescient that the Torah readings during this stormy period in the USA are about the change in Egypt's attitude towards the Jews?
Thoughts from Israel's first Chief Rabbi and iconic leader of Religious Zionism: Should we serve G-d with our intellect or our heart?
Rabbi Nachman: "We have nothing in the world except this day and this moment, because tomorrow is a completely different world.'*
Part 2:Positivity and the Holy Temple series.
The first daily prayer in Congress invoked, for the first time in 200 years, a pagan deity alongside the Name of G-d.
Which of the two models for Redemption is in the story of the Exodus? And which will be our story?
Do we take the time to look at the beauty around us? Moses did.
This week's parsha shows how the words of a leader can inspire. But we know that they can also incite.Learning initiative for the young.
Moshe is the most humble and modest of all human-beings, but he is not allowed to be humble and self-effacing when meeting Pharaoh.
Anyone who wants to get closer to G-d must first find the courage to question, even before any answer is available.
Moshe grew up in the palace and was a person of great power and influence. So why did he have to run away?
The Chief Rabbi’s weekly insight for Parshat Shemot.
G-d made a specific promise to Moshe about the Land of Israel. What does it mean for us today?
I planted a tree in the community where Ahuvya Sandak lived and spoke with residents about laws of the State as opposed to laws of the Torah
Beneath the surface of the parasha is a counter-narrative of six extraordinary women without whom there would not have been a Moses.
in Parshat Shemot we find quite a few people whom the Torah chooses not to call by name. What is this intended to teach us?
Speaking out when your opinion may make you unpopular is a good thing. More rabbis in America should be speaking out today for justice.
The US is on the brink of civil anarchy which could lead to civil war, and when Esau is battling Esau, it is no place for Jews to be.Op-ed.
He had nothing to gain and everything to lose by turning on his benefactors, but he chose to be a hero of the Jewish people.
Rav Ahron Kotler says:’He ‘felt’ their suffering, as if it was his own."
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Today's leaders are not chosen directly by G-d, nor for their Torah scholarship, so as we face new elections, heavenly help is needed..
Jacob’s blessings may pertain not to the end of days, but to events throughout Jewish history, such as King David and Judah Maccabee.
Please, do not deepen the rift, do not encourage confusion, do not be part of the desecration! Do not share in the destruction!
Rabbi Kook saw the Land and the Nation as a single entity; and their connection that of different limbs of the same body to each other.
Any leader elected to anything, anyone more loved or gifted than others, will face envy and false accusations. Joseph did not waver.. Op-ed.
My wife and I bless the children every Friday night with the words in this Torah reading followed by the Priestly Blessing.
The Koren Mikraot HaDorot offers a broader scope of the commentaries spanning 2,000 years from ancient times to modernity.
Regarding the Coronavirus vaccine, one should follow the opinion of the majority of doctors who recommend getting vaccinated.
Doea G-d want us to know what lies ahead?
Let us go from strength to strength as we end the book of Genesis in our Sabbath Torah readings. And take an example from Jonathan Pollard.
