In the year 5776 what kind of a world are we living in? Given historical trends, would you say the world has become more violent or peaceful? War seems more widespread than ever; Israel, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc. Violence…
This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Shira, the Shabbat of Song. This Shabbat gets its name from the fact that this week, we read the Song of the Sea in the Parasha and then Devorah’s song in the Haftara. It’s a…
How is your schedule looking next week? Shouldn’t really talk about it on Shabbat, but I am asking as this question has a specific lesson to teach. We are grateful to be living in one of the most advanced nations…
What was the purpose of the going out from Egypt? Hashem informed Moshe that upon leaving they would ‘serve Hashem on this mountain’. In other words they were not being freed from slavery for freedoms sake, to live a life…
A typical Jewish married couple are the proud parents of a 12-year-old daughter. They are not at all Jewishly observant, but they want their child to grow up happy and healthy, and to marry a Jew. You point out to…
Based on RavDessler’s MechtavM’Eliyahu In ParashatVa’era, Hashem performs a wealth of miracles in the first seven makot. We become so awed by the wonders of Hashem that we rarely hone in on a fundamental principle in Judaism that seems to be challenged…
At a Brit in Jerusalem a great Rabbi stood up to speak and wish well to the grandfather, an accomplished Talmud scholar, on the occasion of the Bris of his first grand-child, “Mazel Tov” he said, “today you are a…
