Moshe Burt

Parashat Chukat:

Complaints, the serpent, and the Simchat Torah War

Why doesn’t Hashem simply suspend the attack of the serpents without introduction of this strange symbol?

Who performed Bris Milah on Moshe’s son?

Can there possibly be anyone who says that a woman is not fit to perform circumcision if the Torah describes Zipporah doing so?

TOLDOT 5782

Preserving the Mesorah, a challenge for Olim and their offspring

Rivka emerges as the more perceptive parent in this parsha. There is more to this than it seems.

Why did Hashem reveal his intent to destroy Sodom to Abraham?

In our generations there seems no one known to us who fits the criteria of an Avraham, a Moshe, a Shmuel to whom God would reveal his plans.

Abraham - the paradigm for all Jewry

"How many individuals across the face of history have made a real difference simply because they were willing and able to finish the task?"

The season of our gladness

The Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yehudah Zev Segal and the Shem Mishmuel, Rebbe of Sochaczev (both zts"l) on Sukkot and joy.

Ki Teitsei: Collective Kindness, Unity

Eikev: The Heel of One's Foot

What Characterized Pinchas?

Behar (Israel): Who Really Loves the Land?

The High Priest's Clothing as a Paradigm

Giving our Heart's Desire

Yitro's True Motivation

Moshe's Paradigm of Unity and Empathy

Brit Milah and Korban Pesach

False Perceptions Vs Hashem’s Will - Then and Now?

Contrasting Avraham, Sodom, and Israel in 5772

Zealots, Unity, and the Galbanum in the Incense

Cities of Refuge, Cities of Hope

The Pain of Not Possessing All of Eretz Yisrael

Why did Rabbi Amnon Weaken?

Ki Tavo: Thoughtful Mitzvot

Dayenu 5770

Vayishlach: Spiritual Honesty

<I>Vayigash</i>: Learning the Lesson of Unity

<I>Ki Tetzei</I>: Care, Kindness and Responsibility

<I>Mishpatim</i>: Honesty, Principle and Unity

<I>Vayera</I>: Today's Lessons of Sodom

Parsha Yithro 5766: Awaiting Just Law, Enforcement and Justice

<i>Nitzavim</i>: Pollard and Our Gush Katif Brethren

<I>Chukat</I>: Sin, Rectification, Unity and Rachel <I>Imeinu</I>

Purim, <I>Tzav Shemoneh</I> and a <I>Sefer Torah</I>

Tu B'Shevat: Renewal and New Life in Eretz Yisrael

But What If...

Beware of the "Monkey on Your Back"

<I>Shoftim</I>: Justice and <I>Yad Hashem</I>

<I>Eikev</I>: The Trickle-Up Effect

<I>Balak</I>: "How Goodly Are Your Tents"

<I>Shemittah</I> and Gush Katif

A Kohen's Bracha

<i>T'ruma</i> and Its Relevancy Today

Good News, Bad News and the Kahane <i>Shul</I>

Self-Respect and Self-Image

Gatekeepers of Social Entitlements

Haran and <i>Emunah</i> vs. <i>Cheshbonot</I>

A Clear & Present Danger

<i>Va'etchanan</i>: Between Hopelessness & <i>Ge'ula</I>

Israel, the Nations & Agreements

"Roadmaps" and Jewish Grasshoppers

<i>Bechukotai</I>: Blessing or Reproof?

<i>Emor</i>: Purity and Unity of the <i>Kohen</i>

Roadmaps, Jonathan Pollard and <i>Dayenu</i>

<i>Pekudei</i>: Unity, Responsibility & Rectification

The Real Superbowl

Election Fairness and Rabbi Hillel - On One Foot

Voting Dilemmas and Nationalist Unity

What is <i>Hasbara</i>?

<I>Ki Tavo:</I> A Torah of Stone, A Torah of Parchment

&quot;What? Is Pollard Ill?&quot;

Prayer, <I>Mitzvot</I> and Unity