Do we really appreciate all the gifts we have, and how blessed we are even with all the challenges life gives us?
Eighteen years ago this Shabbat (20 Av 5761, Aug. 9, 2001), an Arab terrorist …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/23/19
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In preparation for Tisha B’Av, I read through Artscroll’s Eicha and came across the following passage by Rabbi Nosson Scherman.
“The truth is far beneath the surface: …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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9/8/19
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The source of Rabbinic commandments is in Devarim chapter 17, when Moshe decreeds that the Sanhedrin, based at the place “G-d will have chosen,” will declare laws. “You must do …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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9/6/19
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A court is a place every healthy society needs, but no one really wants to visit. A date in court to face a judge is not something most people look forward to.
An army has its own system …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/6/19
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In the course of setting out the laws of war, the Torah adds a seemingly minor detail that became the basis of a much wider field of human responsibility, and is of major consequence …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
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9/6/19
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Our parasha, Shoftim, begins with the celebrated words, “Shoftim v’shotrim teeten lecha b’chol sh’arecha” (“You shall set up judges and law enforcement …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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9/6/19
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Who would you consult if you wanted to know a thing or two about the perfect society? Would you ask a politician? A professor of government? A philosopher expert in theories of utopia? Or perhaps …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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9/6/19
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The haftarah of Chazon, the opening chapter of Yeshayahu, includes a message from G-d that is very hard to understnd.
“Of what use are your many sacrifices to Me? says the L-rd. I am …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/7/19
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His face is a study of pure determination, seeking every depression in the rock. There is little room for mistake. One slip will result in a 3,200-foot free-fall to the valley floor below. But he …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/7/19
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Many years ago, I explored a new yeshiva at a transition point in my life. I was barely 19 years old, and I was trying to decide whether I would pursue an exclusively Talmudic education or …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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8/7/19
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