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Rabbi Berel Wein

News and updates about Rabbi Berel Wein

Childhood and the pursuit of holiness

Childhood and the pursuit of holiness

Population statistics - there is no Judaism without Jews

Population statistics - there is no Judaism without Jews

The eternal light

The eternal light

Mute testimony

Mute testimony

The pessimists among us

The pessimists among us

Validation from non-Jews

Validation from non-Jews

Food from heaven

Food from heaven

Using psychology in dealing with Pharaoh

Using psychology in dealing with Pharaoh

Heaven answers always with a non-sequitur.

Heaven answers always with a non-sequitur.

Shmot: Why did G-d choose someone with a checkered past?:

Shmot: Why did G-d choose someone with a checkered past?:

Vayechi: The end of an era

Vayechi: The end of an era

MIketz: Pharaoh does not realize he is the center of a drama

MIketz: Pharaoh does not realize he is the center of a drama

The loss of a beloved spouse

The loss of a beloved spouse

Generations of dependence and poverty

Generations of dependence and poverty

Life lessons from the story of Creation

Life lessons from the story of Creation

Feeling at home in the Sukkah

Feeling at home in the Sukkah

Haazinu: Are you deaf to the message of Moses?

Haazinu:  Are you deaf to the message of Moses?

One day the students will remember what their teacher said long ago

One day the students will remember what their teacher said long ago

Standing strong and resilient

Standing strong and resilient

Twenty five years since Oslo - a story of faded hopes

Twenty five years since Oslo - a story of faded hopes

The 20th century: What happened?

The 20th century: What happened?

A judge can only judge by what his eyes allow him to see.

A judge can only judge by what his eyes allow him to see.

Looking forward

Looking forward

The Jewish People's propensity to make bad choices

The Jewish People's propensity to make bad choices

Vaetchanan: The two Ten Commandment texts

Vaetchanan: The two Ten Commandment texts

After the fast

After the fast

We cannot choose how we will be remembered

We cannot choose how we will be remembered

This three-week period

This three-week period

Moses' anger

Moses' anger

What happened to the Conservative Movement?

What happened to the  Conservative Movement?

Majority rules is not always the right decision

Majority rules is not always the right decision

Hot summers

Hot summers

Nasso: Repetition, repetition

Nasso: Repetition, repetition

Abraham described Jerusalem as a mountain

Abraham described Jerusalem as a mountain

Torah - The forest and the trees at one and the same time

Torah - The forest and the trees at one and the same time

Ever young

Ever young

Psychological and mental healing

Psychological and mental healing

Sympathy comes from the heart and not from the tongue.

Sympathy comes from the heart and not from the tongue.

Having the Seder at home

Having the Seder at home

God calls out to us

God calls out to us

The logic behind Sabbath prohibitions :Vayakhel-Pikudei

The logic behind Sabbath prohibitions :Vayakhel-Pikudei

Purim will be celebrated eternally, even when the Messiah comes

Purim will be celebrated eternally, even when the Messiah comes

We are not the Crusaders

We are not the Crusaders

Lending money to a fellow Jew

Lending money to a fellow Jew

European countries say "not me"

European countries say "not me"

For Tu Bishvat: Israel's agricultural blessings

For Tu Bishvat: Israel's agricultural blessings

Democracy is messy

Democracy is messy

A burning desire to replace wrong with right

A burning desire to replace wrong with right

O! Jerusalem

O! Jerusalem

Vayigash: In this world good has to be its own reward

Vayigash: In this world good has to be its own reward

Passings

Passings

The brotherrs who could not speak peacefully to one another

The brotherrs who could not speak peacefully to one another

The UN and Israel

The UN and Israel

Confrontations

Confrontations

US Jewish leaders are fighting the wrong battle

US Jewish leaders are fighting the wrong battle

People of the tents

People of the tents

Balancing today's norms

Balancing today's norms

The wreckage of empty wells

The wreckage of  empty wells

100 years since the start of Communist rule

100 years since the start of Communist rule

A century of Balfour

A century of Balfour