Parshat Vezot HaBracha/Simchat Torah: When We Stand Together
Liluei Nishmat Rav Eitam And Naama Henkin as well as the other recent victims of terroist attacks in Israel H’’yd Tomorrow in Israel (or Tuesday in the diaspora) we will be reading the last parsha in...
View ArticleIt Starts with….. Thoughts on the first Rashi on the Torah
In his commentary, on the first verse of the Torah, Rashi is famous for asking the question of why does the Torah begin with the book of Bereisheit detailing the creation of the world, the flood, our...
View ArticleBeyond the Call of Duty: Thoughts on Parshat Noach and the Current situation...
Lileui Nishmat my dear Rav, Rav Binyamin Bein Yitzchak Yehuda whose Yahrtzeit was Rosh Chodesh Mar Cheshvan, Mar Cheshvan 1 this past Wednesday In his weekly parsha blog, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks quotes an...
View ArticleGo From Yourself: Thoughts on the Parsha, the current situation in Israel and...
Liluei Nishmat Rebbetzin Henny Machlis In the beginning of this week’s parsha the story of our people begins when God commands our forefather Avraham to leave his homeland behind and go to “ the land...
View ArticleKeeping the Faith Amongst Tragedy thoughts on Vayishlach and the Past Few Weeks
At the beginning of this week’s parsha, Yaacov prepares for an encounter with his brother Eisav whom had previously set out to kill him. As the first step in his preparations Yaacov sends messengers to...
View ArticleThis is Your Time! Thoughts on Parshat Bo
This week’s parsha contains the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a whole the mitzvah of Kiddush Hachodesh or sanctification of the new month. The sanctification of the new month gives us the...
View ArticleIt’s All Religious Law! Thoughts on Parshat Mishpatim
The bulk of this week’s parsha discusses laws between man and his fellow man. For example, damages to others property, borrowing items etc. The parsha introduces these laws as “And these are the laws…”...
View ArticleRemembering the Righteous Gentiles on Purim, Then and Now
Every year on Purim, following the reading of the Megillah, we sing the song, “Shoshanat Yaacov.” In this song we praise the heroes of the Purim story and curse the victims. While most of the heroes...
View ArticleTrust Based on Speech Thoughts on Parshat Metzora
This week’s parsha continues to describe the laws of the metzorah or the “ lepper” afflicted with Tzarat. As I mentioned in my D’var Torah last week however, our sages point out that Tzarat is not only...
View ArticleRemembering Righteous Women Gentiles of Valor During Our Times of Great...
It’s that time of year again. Tonight Jews from across the globe will gather at their Seder tables and we will remember the 10 plagues which God struck against the Egyptians to let them know that he is...
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