by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 24, 2022 | Ki Tavo
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin told the following story about Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the spiritual leader of the Sanz-Klausenberg sect of Hassidic Jews. Rabbi Halberstam’s wife, eleven children and most of his followers were murdered by the Nazis while he was...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | God, Good and Evil, Ki Teitzei, Purim
The Shabbat which immediately precedes the holiday of Purim is known as Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of remembering. In addition to the regular Torah reading, we read the verses commanding the Jews to remember what Amalek did to them when they left Egypt, and their...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 31, 2021 | Chosen Nation, Community, Education, Eikev, God, Israel, Redemption
On January 1, 2012, Rabbi Tuly Weisz sent his first daily newsletter to several dozen friends and family members (and hasn’t missed a day since in the past decade!). “I was inspired by this verse in Deuteronomy,” said Weisz, “that God’s eyes are upon the Land of...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 5, 2021 | Chanukah, Israel, Vezot Haberachah
The modern city of Modi’in was established in the 1990s about 20 miles northwest of Jerusalem and about halfway between Israel’s capital and Tel Aviv. Modi’in was not mentioned in the Bible or in the Mishna so little is known about its history. The modern city of...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 30, 2021 | Vezot Haberachah, Videos
Rabbi Moshe Lichtman presents Israel in the Torah portion on the final parsha in the Torah, “Vezot...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 23, 2021 | Ha'azinu, Videos
In the poem Moshe delivers on his last day on earth, he guarantees the future redemption of Israel, as explained by Rabbi Moshe Lichtman.
