Parashat Pinchas – “Honoring Heaven” – 2009
Pinchas July 10, 2009 “Honoring Heaven” Has drama taken an upscale since Hollywood came on the scene, or were people always attracted to the stage? The emotionalism one
Parashat Balak – Anti-Semitism – 2009
Balak July 1, 2009 Anti-Semitism is a real phenomenon. What gives it power is the failure of people to identify it. Balak is a powerful leader that seeks to bring Am Yisrael down t
Parashat Korach – “Ma-aseh avot siman lebanim” 2009
Korach June 18, 2009 Every story in the Torah tells us something about then and how it applies to now. This is called “Ma-aseh avot siman lebanim”= what happens in the
Parashat Shelach – The Spies – 2009
Shlach June 11, 2009 Israel is a place that is difficult to describe. It depends on the eyes of one’s mind: if they are open or closed. The portrayal that the spies gave was
Parashat Emor – The Power of Speech – 2009
Emor May 8, 2009 If I write Emor and Omer (in English) it’s pretty much the same word, only scrambled. The fact is, Emor is always read during the Omer and they actually are
Parashag Shemini – A shining Light 2009
Shemini April 18, 2009 A candle can be fed or extinguished by the wind, depending on how it blows. If it blows too hard, the flame separates from the wick, therefore it blows out.
Pesach – Malchut(Kingship) 2009
Pesach April 2, 2009 The Talmud refers to Nissan as the month of liberation. “In Nissan our forefathers were redeemed from Egypt and in Nissan we will be redeemed.” (Ro
Purim Pesach – Redemption 2009
Purim – Pesach March 13, 2009 The thirty days that exist between Purim and Pesach bring with them an association of different ideas. For some people, it is the budding of the tre
Purim – Aday Lo Yada – 2009
Purim – Aday Lo Yada March 6, 2009 Purim comes out of a box we keep stored way up in the tip top of our closet. Every year when it is dripping wet outside and a bright green in t
Fear of G-D – Rashi on Genesis
Fear of HaShem – Genesis February 13, 2009 Rashi in his commentary on the book of Genesis brings down on the first verse of the Torah, the words of Rav Yitzchak – ̶
