14 Dec THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF CHANUKAH
Throughout Jewish history, our people have been challenged by a variety of temptations. The yeitzer hara comes in many stripes and colors. There was a time when we were sorely...
06 Dec BECOME A SPIRITUAL MULTI-TASKER
These days, people are so busy that they always want to be multi-tasking. The housewife dices onions and cuts the carrots while listening to a shiur on Kol Haloshson with...
29 Nov SHABBOS POINTERS – PART FOUR
Let’s continue with our theme of enjoying and enhancing our Shabbos observances. 25. After the Shabbos davening, there is a beautiful custom: Everyone wishes each other to have a ‘Good Shabbos’...
23 Nov SHABBOS POINTERS – PART THREE
Let’s continue to cast our gaze on ways of increasing our awareness and appreciation of our great treasure, the Shabbos. We will continue to emphasize the need to preserve a...
16 Nov SHABBOS POINTERS – PART TWO
Once again we turn our attention to the great treasure of Shabbos. We will continue to emphasize the need to preserve a spirit of contentment with an absence of pressure...
09 Nov SHABBOS POINTERS – PART ONE
The importance of creating a special aura in our homes and in our lives on Shabbos simply cannot be overstated. We all emphasize the need to preserve a spirit of...
01 Nov THE ENIGMATIC ESCAPEE
We know that Avraham went on a seemingly suicidal mission against four mighty kings with powerful armies to save his nephew Lot. The Gemora informs us that, aided by open...
25 Oct IT JUST DOESN’T PAY TO CHEAT
As the entire world was about to be destroyed by the great mabul, the flood, the only means of escape was to get passage on Noach’s ark. Only those who...
04 Oct A SUKKOS MESSAGE
The central theme of the joyous festival of Sukkos is the Clouds of Glory, the Ananei HaKovod, which the sukkah itself comes to commemorate. For forty years during their sojourn...
29 Sep MUSSAR AND MENTOR: A WONDERFUL COMBINATION
In Masechtas Yoma [38b], the Gemora tells us that when we come before the Heavenly tribunal for the final judgment, each one of us will offer excuses. The poor man...