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Parshas Lech Lecha–”Ancestral Decisions”

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Most people do not give much thought to their ancestral origins. But some do, and I am one of...

Parshas Lech Lecha – The Story of Our People

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, the history of the Jewish people commences. Until now, in the portions of Genesis and Noah, we...

Nobel Laureate Robert Aumann Gives Voice to His Lifelong Love Affair with Shabbat

By: Simon Apfel From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project is expected to exceed last year’s participation of more than 1 million people...

Nobel Laureate Robert Aumann Gives Voice to His Lifelong Love Affair with Shabbat 

By: Simon Apfel From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project is expected to exceed last year’s participation of more than 1 million people...

Parshat Noach–“Filling in the Blanks”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb The Torah is replete with inspiring stories of its heroes. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, to name...

Parshas Noach–Do We See Ourselves As G-d Sees Us?

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis There is a famous Midrash based on this week’s parsha that asks, “If there are so many ways through which G-d could have saved Noah,...

Parshas Bereishis – The Secrets of Creation

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1) The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...

Holding Onto Joy: Celebrating Simchat Torah

By: Sara Debbie Gutfreund Jon Krakauer describes reaching the top of Mount Everest in his book, Into Thin Air: “Straddling the top of the world, one foot...

Parshas Zos Habracha–You Can Never Fool G-d

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston And this (V'zos) is the blessing which Moshe, the Man of G-d, blessed the Children of Israel before his death. (Devarim...

Parshas Vzos Habracha – Making It by Breaking It

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky The last verses of the Torah encapsulate a glorious career of leadership of the father of all prophets, Moshe, into a...

Sukkot and Reconciliation

By: Steven Zvi The sukkah commemorates the miracle that God gave us in the desert in the form of the Ananei Ha-Kavod (the Clouds of Glory). These...

The Seven Heroes of Sukkot

By: Rabbi Benjamin Blech Oprah Winfrey always seems to know just what to ask in order to really get to know her subjects. She said...

Parshas Ha’Azinu  – For What Should We Repent?

By: Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane. ztk’l In these days when Jewish blood is spilled like water, there exists a most confounding attitude nurtured perhaps by...

Secrets of the Four Species

The key to joy is success in our relationships. This includes our relationship with other people, with ourselves, and with God By: Shraga Simmons Every Jewish...

Parshas Zos Habracha–You Can Never Fool G-d

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston And this (V'zos) is the blessing which Moshe, the Man of G-d, blessed the Children of Israel before his death. (Devarim...

Parshas Vzos Habracha – Making It by Breaking It

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky The last verses of the Torah encapsulate a glorious career of leadership of the father of all prophets, Moshe, into a...

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