Enter a synagogue during the week and take a look around. What are people’s facial expressions? Tired, overworked, stressed? When it comes to Shabbat morning however, it would seem that you are entering a different place with completely different people.…
We all find ourselves in uncomfortable situations every now and then, facing challenges which touch the raw edges of our character. Take for example the case where Reuven is listening to the chazzan’s repetition of the shemoneh esreh during mincha just before his daughter’s…
In a very small alley in Jerusalem, two taxis driving in opposite directions meet. As the drivers are equally stubborn, neither of them wants to reverse. They angrily look one at the other. Finally, one of them picks up a…
Out of the fifty-four sidrot in the entire Torah, only six are named after people – Noach, Sarah, Yitro, Korach, Balak and Pinchas and all of them except for Korach are worthy of their moniker being singled out. We can…
“And Moshe called Hoshea the son of Nun Yehoshua” (13:16). The revised name Yehoshua implies Y-ah Hoshia [may G-d save you], symbolizing that before sending the spies on their mission, Moshe prayed on behalf of Yehoshua that G-d should save…
Moshe had a special mission cut out for twelve individuals. They had to be hand-picked and were going on a national mission to search out the land of Israel. The twelve spies set out to search the land of Israel.…
Imagine a school classroom. The school day is nearly finished. The kids are fidgeting and restless. The teacher is still finishing off his lesson. While he is writing on the board, the bell goes. The teacher finishes writing. Seconds later,…
