by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 18, 2024 | God, Va'etchanan
This verse is the most fundamental statement of monotheistic faith in the entire Bible. Jewish practice is to recite it, and the five verses that immediately follow it, twice a day every day. According to Jewish tradition, it is customary to cover one’s eyes when...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 7, 2023 | Ki Teitzei, Zephaniah
This week, a photo of Americans in cowboy hats flying to volunteer in Israel went viral. Jews all over the world responded by the thousands with comments like “This means so much – we’re not alone!” and “God bless these incredible Christians!” The cowboys flew...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 22, 2023 | Ha'azinu, Psalms, Samuel
Terror attacks are, unfortunately, not something new to Israel. We experienced way too many just this year alone, even before the heinous attack by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Every time an attack rocks our nation, we feel angry, we feel devastated and we wonder...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 21, 2023 | God, Ha'azinu
Almost the entirety of this week’s Torah portion is a poem that Moses spoke to the nation of Israel in the final days of his life. Opening with the words, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth” (Deut. 32:1), Moses lays out...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 7, 2023 | Nitzavim, Revelation and Prophecy
The power of prophecy is such that its echoes reverberate through time, transcending generations and touching the very core of human existence. Some prophecies remain shrouded in mystery, while others unveil themselves in the tapestry of history, presenting before us...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 6, 2023 | Bible Study, Nitzavim, Yom Kippur
At the height of his popularity, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 – 1972) spoke in London to an overflow crowd. The crowd was there, waiting, when Rabbi Heschel walked quickly over to the speaker’s podium and made the following announcement: “My friends, I have just...
