by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 19, 2023 | Community, Freedom, God, Happiness and Joy, Holiness, Psalms, Responsibility, Tests and Trials
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz A long time ago, I worked as a cook in exclusive restaurants in Manhattan. I once got a special order for a lunch party of ten young businessmen celebrating their success. They were all under thirty years old and they had each achieved a...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2023 | God, Israel, Messiah, Prayer, Purity, Redemption, Repentance, Rosh Hashana
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Some memories stay with you forever. My yeshiva taught Breslov Hassidut and most of the students went to Uman, Ukraine to spend Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, praying at the burial site of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Around 30,000 Jewish...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2023 | Judges
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Since Jews began returning to the land of Israel in the late 19th century, they have faced no shortage of enemies. Surrounded by nations such as Syria, Egypt and Iran, Israel has overcome many powerful and frightening foes with armies far larger...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2023 | Judges
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Whatever else might be said about America’s last two Presidents, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, one thing is indisputably clear: the moral image of the American presidency has seen better days. Joe Biden regularly lies about his past, and it seems...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2023 | God, Israel, Judges
By Rabbi Elie Mischel Initially scorned by his brothers, Jephthah was appointed as the leader of Israel at a moment of crisis. When the evil Ammonites invaded the land of Gilead, Jephthah’s brothers begged him to lead them in battle against the enemy. Jephthah...
