P a r a s h a t Va’et’hanan begins with Moshe’s impassioned plea to G-d that he be allowed to enter the Land of Israel. Speaking to Beneh Yisrael before his passing, Moshe recalled how “I beseeched...
Yosef Vs. Moshe “G-d became angry with me because of you, and He did not listen to me,” Moshe states in the beginning of this week’s parsha (Vaeschanan). “G-d said to me, ‘It is too much for you!...
After rising for many years, the di- vorce rate in the United States today is lower than it was a decade ago. But be- fore you celebrate, the reason is not because of a sudden increase in blissful...
Rav Pam (Ateres Avraham, Chayei Sar- ah) quotes Rabbeinu Bachya, who instructs us that when looking for a spouse we should not place an overem- phasis on looks, money or yichus, but rath- er the bulk of the...
After the harsh day of Tisha B’Av, when we mourn the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash and express our yearning for its rebuilding and for the Shechinah to return and dwell among us, it is an appropriate...
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“May G-d, the Lord of your fathers, add a thousandfold more like you and bless you, as He spoke to you.” (Devarim 1:11) The Jewish people, Rashi informs us, were not very happy with the blessing Moshe gave them....
As we head to Tisha b’Av, we are acutely aware that all the tragedies connected to the saddest day of the year have their root in the lashon hara spoken by the meraglim, the spies, who maligned Eretz...