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Amazing Hashgacha Story
L’ilui Nishmas R’ Avraham Menashe be Yosef Meir HaLevi, zt’l Sometimes a story can be more potent than anything else. This story is the perfect way to walk out of Purim into Pesach! Please share your comments and insights If ...
Amazing Hashgacha Story
L’ilui Nishmas R’ Avraham Menashe be Yosef Meir HaLevi, zt’l Sometimes a story can be more potent than anything else. This story is the perfect way to walk out of Purim into Pesach! Please share your comments and insights If ...
Purim II: Why Do We Get So Drunk on Purim?
On the surface, at least, getting drunk on Purim is not only part of the simcha of the day but certainly enhances it as well. What would the day look like if we all remained sober? However, it doesn't take much thought to rea...
Purim I: The Secret to Unparalleled Simcha
What could be more simple than being b'simcha on Purim? After all, it's a day filled with opportunities to be happy. Whether it's the excitement of hearing the Megillah, delivering m'shloach manos, getting drunk at the seudah...
Mishpatim: The Melachim's Secret
The phrase "Naaseh v"Nishma" is perhaps the most famous utterance in Jewish History. While merely two words they speak volumes about who we are, our purpose, and destiny in life. And while simultaneously so simple and yet so ...
Yisro: Does Bad Actually Exist?
We are accustomed to labeling events or occurrences in our lives as either good or bad. Depending on our experience or perception, whether we had pain or pleasure, gain or loss, these are clearcut categories that we use to de...
B'Shalach: Do You Have an Amalek Problem?
When we think about Amalek, what generally comes to mind is the mitzvah to obliterate their name. After all, by being the first nation to blatantly defy Hashem, they opened the door to the long and bloody history of Hashem's people's unspeakable pain, torture, and indignities at the hands of the nations of the world. And what about the unimaginable Chillul Hashem as a result?
But to destroy Amalek we first need to understand the core problem that brought about Amalek in the…
Bo: What You Need to Know About Jewish Moonlighting
The Ramban explains that Yitzias Mitzraim, not Brias HaOlam, is the foundation of our Emunah. Why? Because at the core of our Emunah is absorbing the experience of Hashem's Nisim and His unbridled love for us. This is why fai...
Parshas VaEra: What is Real Freedom?
As we embark upon these Parshios, we have the opportunity to delve once again into Yitzias Mitzraim. How much do we have to be grateful for that unlike our ancestors, we aren't living a life of slavery but of freedom? But if ...
Sh'mos: How Could Moshe Rabbeinu Question Hashem?
After the Jewish People were denied straw to make the bricks for the Egyptian storehouses, their impossible situation became even more difficult. A distraught Moshe Rabbeinu came to Hashem and asked, "Why are you doing such a...
VaYechi: Did Yosef Ever Forgive His Brothers?
The Torah speaks extensively of the necessity and supreme value of forgiveness. If so, how can we understand Yosef HaTzaddik's response to his brothers in this week's sedra? They were frightened after their father's death, th...