25 Jun Parashat Shelah – We See What We Want to See
When the scouts returned from Eretz Yisrael and reported about their findings, they told the nation that the land is “Eretz Ochelet Yoshebeha” – “a land that consumes its inhabitants”...
When the scouts returned from Eretz Yisrael and reported about their findings, they told the nation that the land is “Eretz Ochelet Yoshebeha” – “a land that consumes its inhabitants”...
While the halacha that a kiddush Hashem b’rabim must take place in the presence of an “edah” is derived from a possuk in Emor (Vayikra 22:32), the definition of the...
It was not a good scenario. The twelve spies returned from their forty-day sojourn to the Land of Canaan and ten of them were not happy campers. They left as an...
In Bamidbar, Perek Yud Gimmel, posuk chof the posuk tells us that Moshe told the Meraglim to strengthen themselves and take from the fruits of Eretz Yisroel. The Sefer Pri Haaretz...
The episode of the spies was one of the most tragic in the entire Torah. Who sent them and to what end is not entirely clear. In this week’s parsha,...
As summer approaches there is an annual migration to our favorite vacation spots. In the tristate area, over a half million people make the annual pilgrimage to the Catskills summer...
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer. -- General Montgomery THE HOLE IN THE ROOF A rabbi stands before his congregation and reports to them that...
Doesn’t get easier than this - you don’t even have to boil the pasta first. It all gets made in one dish! Feel free to use any veggies you like. This is a great...
Ed Kranepool was a 17-year-old phenom from the Bronx when he joined the Mets at the birth of the franchise. He played all 18 of his major league seasons in Queens, including with the “Miracle” Mets of 1969. The Mets...
This week’s parsha ends with a disheartening story, one that Jews are reminded to recount every day of their lives. The great prophetess, Miriam, sister of Moshe and heroine to...