It is hard to believe that this Taanis Esther will already be the 35th yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva, H a G a o n , Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zt”l, Zy”a. There was a time that, when you said ‘Reb Moshe,’ everyone...
One of the major messages of Purim is the fostering of friendship through the lofty mitzvah of mishloach manos ish l’rei’eihu. The lesson is clear one. As we celebrate Jewish...
As I was walking home from shul on Friday night, I was thinking about the sermon I had just delivered exhorting my congregants to always be on guard from the...
The Gemora in Megillah teaches us that Esther requested, “Kavuni l’doros – Affix me for all generations,” please write my story for posterity. This is a very strange request. We...
Being that the Super Bowl is this Sunday, I would like to weigh-in with some thoughts. At the outset, I would like to make a very un-American confession: I really...
One wonders why Parshas Mishpotim, the source for many Jewish civil laws, starts out with the subject of slavery. After all, Hashem, who sees the future in its entirety, knew...
Yisro made the astute observation, “Now I know that Hashem is the true G-d, “Ki badavar asher zadu aleihem,” that which the Egyptians plotted against the Jews befell upon them....
The great Rav Chatzkel Levenstein, zt”l, zy”a, made a very interesting observation about the saga in Egypt. He comments that the greatest miracle that occurred in Egypt was the fact...
Moshe Rabbeinu prayed that the frogs should depart from Egypt as per Pharoh’s request. Among all of the frogs, the sole survivors were those that risked their lives to go...
In the beginning of parshas Shemos, the posuk says, “… Shemos Bnei Yisroel habonim – The names of the Jewish People who came.” The Baal Haturim revealed that the first letter of these four words spells shevi’ah, which means captivity. And...