14 Apr DON’T DELAY
Imagine, if one was to gather the ultimate anthology, he would go to Rav Sholom Mordechai HaKohen Shvadron, zt”l, zy”a, and ask him to sift through all his teachings and choose the most powerful one. Then, he would...
27 Mar TIME IS LIFE
The centerpiece of Pesach is certainly the matzah and the villain of Pesach is the chometz. The difference between chometz and matzah is a mere moment. One of the great themes of Pesach is the value of a...
24 Mar HOLINESS OF THE SEDER
On the night of the Seder, something awesome occurs which happens only once a year. The Chid”a sites the Zohar that by the Seder Hashem himself comes to each Jewish home with His pamalya, his Holy retinue. The...
17 Mar EISHES CHAYIL ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF PESACH
The wonderous Haggadah Otzros Pla’os HaTorah writes it was the minhag of the Minchas Elazar, following the opinion of the Darchei Chaim Vhasholom, that after eating the egg at the second Seder, they would sing Eishes Chayil. The...
10 Mar CHINUCH – AN EYE TO THE FUTURE
The new Haggadah presented by ArtScroll this year from the Chachmei Lublin (a must read!), reveals that Rav Meir Shapiro, zt”l, zy”a, chose, in gold letters, that the front gates of his magnificent Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin quoted the verse,...
04 Mar BACK TO THE CHOMETZ
My veteran readers will remember that sometimes I imagine a simulated, fictional interview with the Yeitzer Hara to give us an inner look into the machinations of the one whose mission it is to cause us to sin....
24 Feb MY LATEST INTERVIEW WITH THE YEIZTER HARA
My veteran readers will remember that sometimes I imagine a simulated, fictional interview with the Yeitzer Hara to give us an inner look into the machinations of the one whose mission it is to cause us to sin....
17 Feb “DON’T STIR THE POT” LOOKING FORWARD TO PURIM!
With great excitement, Purim is rapidly approaching! So, as we take out our copies of Megilas Esther and the many amazing commentaries, I’d like to share with you a powerful observation I once noticed with the help of...
10 Feb TORAH, THE TRUE H2O
“There are many reasons given why the Torah is compared to water.” In these parshious of Yisro and Mishpatim, we are given much information about the Torah. A famous metaphor for Torah is mayim, water, as in the verse,...
03 Feb THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
The idea that out of 613 mitzvos Hashem handpicked ten for special highlighting on the two luchos, the two tablets, leads to a lot of fascinating speculation. Let me share some of my musings with you. The three most...