The Torah in Para- shat Shemot tells of Pharaoh’s cruel de- cree that all male in- fants born to Beneh Yisrael should be put to death immediately at the time of birth. The two Israelite midwives who delivered...
It states (3:14) אהי״ה אשר אהי״ה” , -I will be...
Moshe Faced Two Enemies: One He Could Handle; the Other Eluded Him The War Is Over? A man in Germany felt that he needed to confess, so he went to his priest. “Forgive me Father, for I have...
Recently, the wonderful Jewish community of Staten Island was hit by two terrible tragedies. First, the passing of a very young Mrs. Miriam Winiarz, zlzy”a, who left her wonderful children orphaned from both their father and their mother. Then, secondly, less...
The Mishnah in Pirkei Avos states “anyone who honors the torah will be honorable in the eyes of the world, and if one does not honor the torah, he will be disgraceful in the eyes of the world.” A...
One December, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l, asked his students what their New Year’s Resolutions were. The students were shocked: “Rebbe, this isn’t the Jewish new year!” He responded, “The entire country is using this as a time for self- reflection...
There are two parshios in the Torah entitled with the word ‘chaim’ and both talk about death: Chayei Sorah – about the passing of Sorah Imeinu, Rabbi Moshe and Vayechi, which the...
Yaakov Avinu assem- bled his sons just before his death to give them each a blessing. When he addressed his first son, Reuven, Yaakov that not only is he not the...
Isidor Isaac Rabi was a Nobel laureate physicist recognized for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, used the world over in MRI underestimatedjusthowmuchtheyhad already forgotten. Social psychologists call that the “illusion...
I. Gehinom in the Jewish Tradition Every once in a while, someone in the media will say that Jews do not believe in “Purgatory”. This is puzzling because the fire of Gehinom...