Parashat Mishpatim consists of many complex, intricate laws, and in the first verse of the Parasha, G-d instructs Moshe to “place” these laws before Beneh Yisrael. Rashi explains that Moshe...
Some 250 years ago, one of the greatest halachic sages of all time, the Noda Bi’yehudah, received a shocking letter. Maybe the only thing more shocking than the letter is the...
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....
A Father Plants Saplings 210 Years Early, Offering Solace to His Children The Smuggler Tony comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He’s got two large bags over his...
I will never forget what happened that night. After going to hundreds of lectures, and giving quite a few myself, I thought I’d seen it all. But I had never...
Rabbi Chaim Kanievski Shlita has sent a personal condolence letter to Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky who is sitting shiva in Philadelphia after his rebbetzin passed away this week at the age...
This year, I began learning on Zoom with a friend from Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood and an oleh living in Ra’anana. Searching for a topic that might appeal to everyone, I suggested Rav...
Three Truths which Compelled Jethro to Join Our People The Story of Jethro The opening of the weekly portion tells the story of the Pagan priest Jethro who chooses to come to...
Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday was this past Monday, spoke powerfully about the danger and potential damage of silence. He once said, “Our lives begin to end the day...
The Torah discusses Moshe’s children, “The name of one [son] was Gershom… and the name of one son was Eliezer…” (18:3-4). It seems that it should have stated “the name...