02 Mar REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMITMENTS OF PURIM
For us on the eastern seaboard, it has been quite a cold winter but, Baruch Hashem, Purim was wondrous with it all of its warmth and merriment. Reflecting on one...
23 Feb RAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN ZT”L ON HIS 35TH YAHRTZEIT: A MODEL FOR ALL OF US, AS REMEMBERED BY A TALMUD
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,...
17 Feb LISTENING TO OUR GEDOLIM: AN ANCIENT PURIM MESSAGE
Megilas Esther is an exciting repository of contemporary advice. This is revealed to us through Esther’s request to the sages, “Kavuni l’doros – Affix me for all generations.” Although Esther...
09 Feb THINKING WHILE WE PRAY MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
We live in a world dominated by thoughts of the Covid-19 virus, its spread and the mass administration of vaccine. We also have a variety of routine medical tests –...
02 Feb YISRO’S ESCAPE HATCH
There is a wellknown controversy surrounding the chronological timing of when Yisro arrived to visit the Bnei Yisroel in the desert. It revolves around whether he came before Matan Torah,...
26 Jan SEEKING HASHEM – PART TWO
In Tehillim, Dovid HaMelech declares, “Mi chocham v’yishmar aleh v’yisboninu chasdei Hashem – Who is wise and observes these things and meditates on the kindness of Hashem?” The Hebrew letters...
20 Jan SEEKING HASHEM – PART ONE
In bentching, we declare “V’dorshei Hashem lo yachsiru chol tov – Those who seek Hashem will lack from naught that is good.” The occupation of seeking Hashem, being a Dorshei...
12 Jan LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
In contemporary society, respect for our leaders is almost extinct. We’ve become cynical to the extreme - feeling that our leaders frequently talk out of both sides of their mouths,...
05 Jan THE CROWN OF A GOOD NAME
As we start the second chumash of Sefer Shmos, we study the painful birth of the Jewish people. The Torah introduces this saga with the preface, “V’eila shmos bnei Yisroel...
29 Dec The True Litmus Test of Our Spirituality
At the end of Yakov Avinu’s life, he revealed to Yosef, “Re’o fonecha lo filalti, v’hinei her’ah osi Elokim gam es zarecha – To see your face I had not...