by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 22, 2022 | God, Messiah, Mikeitz
The Torah portion of Mikeitz (Genesis 41:1-44:17) opens with Pharaoh’s enigmatic dreams. After Pharaoh’s wizards and wise men failed to interpret the dreams accurately, Joseph was summoned from prison. His interpretations rang true to Pharaoh and Pharaoh was impressed...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 19, 2022 | Chanukah, Daniel, Messiah
Every Jew knows the basis for our system of holidays: They came and tried to kill us. They failed and disappeared in the sands of time. We’re still around. Let’s eat. Indeed, Jacob’s dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder to heaven has been interpreted as...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | God, Ha'azinu, Messiah, Redemption
By Chaim Barzel I recently read a story originally told by Mendy Kofman about a Jewish family that survived Communist Russia and resettled in the USA. Against all odds, this family remained Torah observant in the depths of the most anti-religious empire in the world....
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 4, 2022 | God, Messiah, Mourning, Ninth of Av, Psalms, Redemption, Temple
Reading is magical. Reading can take you places you have never been and show you things you have never seen. It is almost as good as being there and reading fanatics know that in many ways, reading is better than watching a movie. It goes deeper. People who read the...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 26, 2022 | Matot, Messiah, Redemption
It is hard to reconcile the clash between the ideal of peace and the stark reality of war. While we yearn for global and internal peace, we are all too often confronted with the moral complexities of armed conflict. What does the Bible have to say about war? When God...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 17, 2022 | Covenant, God, Messiah, Prayer, Redemption, Seventeenth of Tammuz, Temple
There are many days that are auspicious, commemorated for a powerful event that happened on that date, earning them personal or even national significance. Birthdays and national holidays are like this. The same is true for sad days commemorating tragic events. People...
