20 Oct PARSHAS LECH LECHA: GRATITUDE
We say in Nishmas that it is impossible for a person to praise Hashem sufficiently. “We won’t be able to satisfactorily praise you Hashem...
We say in Nishmas that it is impossible for a person to praise Hashem sufficiently. “We won’t be able to satisfactorily praise you Hashem...
If you said the bracha of Hamotzi on bread at the beginning of a meal, do you need to make a new bracha on DESSERT? Why would you need to make a new bracha? When you say...
The Midrash (Bereshit Rabba 42) tells the story of how Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus first began learning Torah. He had worked with his brothers in the farmlands owned by their father, Hyrcanus, until Eliezer ran away in order...
Cheshvan, yahrtzeit of Rochel Imeinu. This year, the night of October 21 and the day of Thursday, October 22. As we read Parshas Lech Lecha, telling us of Avraham Avinu’s life journey, we recall the...
A Chassid related the following story: The loyalty of Russian soldiers to the Czar was legendary. I once saw a Russian soldier being whipped. His crime? While standing watch on a Russian winter night, his feet had frozen to...
Rav Judah Mischel, Executive Director of Camp HASC and a weekly columnist for The Jewish & Country Vues for more than five years, has released his latest sefarim, Baderech: Along...
Hashem Is Our Friend Hashem is like our friend who walks hand in hand with us, and He is listening to us. One who davens with the mindset that Hashem can help him but lacks the realization that he can speak...
Artificial intelligence can now perform sophisticated tasks that once required substantial human effort. Its rapid adoption and ongoing development promise enormous benefits while raising concerns about human responsibility and dependence on technology. Should Jews embrace AI or should we be wary...
Noach is one of three people in the Chumash who are described as having “found favor” – matza chen. The final pasuk of Parashat Bereshit says that Noach Matza chen b’einei Hashem’ – “found favor in G-d’s...
I saw the following insight on Parshas Noach written in the name of the Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Israel, Rav Yaakov Weinberg, of Blessed Memory. We are all familiar with the story recorded at the end of the Parsha...