T he world did not know that he was a mystic. He was an accomplished diplomat, who knew how to deal with people in positions of great power. Some characterized him as a shrewd, and even manipulative, …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/27/24
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In “The Watchman’s Rattle,” subtitled “Think- ing Our Way Out of Extinction,” Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how civilizations die. When their problems …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks z"tl
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3/27/24
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This Shabbat we will read Parashat Zachor which, according to the Shulchan Aruch, is a Torah-based mitzvah. In addition, it enables us to fulfill two of the three Taryag Mitzvot associated with …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/20/24
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T here is a darkness sometimes that rages within which can overpower our very being.
I had a Battalion commander, who took the first watch on the tank after a brutal day in the Lebanon war. It …
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By Binny Freedman
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3/20/24
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The Torah requires us to celebrate three major festivals — Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot — and to do so joyously. Our Sages instituted two additional festive holidays, Chanukah and Purim. …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/20/24
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O ur parsha, Vayikra, which deals with a variety of sacrifices, devotes an extended section to the chattat , the sin offering, as brought by different individuals: first the High Priest (Ex. 4:3-12), …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks z"l
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3/20/24
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Sefer Shemot is a grand journey that takes us from the depths of Egyptian servitude to the construction of the Mishkan wherein Hashem’s Schechinah was revealed to the entire Jewish people. …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/13/24
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In a cattle car in Poland, in the summer of 1942, Reb Azriel Dovid Fastag, a composer for the Modzitzer Rebbe, was headed to his death in Treblinka. Over a hundred Jews, forced to stand for days on …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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3/13/24
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Pekudei has sometimes been called “The Accountant’s Parsha,” because that is how it begins, with the audited accounts of the money and materials donated to the Sanctuary. It is the …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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3/13/24
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Be strong, be strong, and we will be strong! — Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek!
The week we read parshat Pekudei, which comprises the concluding chapters of sefer Shemot. As the …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/13/24
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