Rabbi Berel Wein

Rabbinic responsiblity

The book of bad behavior: Bamidbar

Korach (Israel): Moses cannot be judged by ordinary standards

Irrational, but there it is

Cause and effect

Behaalotcha (Israel): What brought on the rebelliions?

Amalek, then and now

Haazinu - Listen!

Selichot the Traditional Way

Jewish History is Predicted in This Week's Torah Reading

Shoftim: Judicial Parameters

Fact and Opinion: One and the Same for Israel-Haters

Parshat Korach: G-d Threw His Support Behind Moses

Depths of Fear and Hesitation

Beha'alotcha: Searching for Perfection

He's Got Our Back

Bechukotai: Eternal Resilience

Polls and Pundits

Behar: Imagining Israel

Special interview

Watch: Lag B'Omer, a Reminder of Messianic Rebellion

Famous scholar Rabbi Berel Wein explains the holiday's connection to revolt against Roman occupation and message of resilience.

Emor: The Jewish Attitude Towards Death

Counting the Omer

Impudence and Impotence

Vayakhel-Pikudei: Accountability

What Could Have Been

A Golden Calf? Really?

God Demands Our Heart - Even in a Buiilding Campaign

How Could the Torah Allow Slavery?

Expectations

Jethro Joins the Israelites: When and Why

The Song of the Sea

The Exodus and Jewish Exclusivity

Pharaoh vs. Moses

There is No King Without a People

The Ups and Downs of Israeli Political Life

Jacob's Legacy

Willful Blindness Then and Now

Europe is Gone

Miketz: Born to Greatness

Loose Change

The Unfolding Drama in the Second Half of Genesis

The Jewish People Must Remain True to Itself

Jews at Prayer - Some Reflections

Abraham was a Model for George Deek

Hearing the Message from Heaven

The Amended Conversion Law: Problems and Pitfalls

On Lech Lecha: Relocating

Don't American Jews Realize They Are All Klinghoffer?

Noah and Abraham, the Survivors

A Stiff-Necked People

Re'eh: Jews in the Eyes of History

Eikev: Don't Tread on Me!

This One Feels Different

Matot: Vows and Commitments

The Terrible Truth About Civilian Casualties in Gaza

Korach: Inflated Ego

A Tragedy of Errors

Praying for Peace in the Vatican

Ukraine and Us

Feminism and Chazaka