Rosh Hashanah 5787
Introduction What words comes to mind when we think of Rosh Hashanah? Some will mention the months of Elul and Tishrei. Elul is the month that leads straight into Rosh Hashanah, which is at the beginning of the month of…
Parshas Nitzavim/Vayelech 5786
“From There Hashem Will Take You” When the Lowest Place Becomes the Beginning of Redemption There is a strange kind of fear that comes before Rosh Hashanah. On the one hand, Rosh Hashanah is beautiful. The shofar. The uplifting prayers.…
CAN WE EXPECT A GOOD LIFE?
Introduction: A Promise That Seems to Defy Experience Deuteronomy 28 speaks plainly. If the Jewish people listen to G-d, their lives will be blessed. The chapter names health, food, work, children, security, and national strength. If they turn away, those…
Elul 5786
This past Friday we began the Hebrew month called Elul. For us, it is the beginning of the High Holidays season. Thirty days after the beginning of Elul, we celebrate Rosh Hashana, and ten days after that we observe Yom…
The Three Relationships: Trust in G-d (Emunah)
Introduction "וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל מָה ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם לְיִרְאָה אֶת ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ... וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ... וְלִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֹת ה'... לְטוֹב לָךְ" "And now, Israel, what does the L-rd your G-d ask of you but to fear the L-rd your…
The Three Relationships: Love of G-d (Ahavah)
Introduction "וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל מָה ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם לְיִרְאָה אֶת ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ... וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ... וְלִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֹת ה'... לְטוֹב לָךְ" "And now, Israel, what does the L-rd your G-d ask of you but to fear the L-rd your…
The Three Relationships: Fear of G-d (Yirah)
Introduction "וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל מָה ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם לְיִרְאָה אֶת ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ... וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ... וְלִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֹת ה'... לְטוֹב לָךְ" "And now, Israel, what does the L-rd your G-d ask of you but to fear the L-rd your…
Crying & Tisha Ba’av
This coming Wednesday night and Thursday, we observe the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, Tisha Ba’av, the 9th day of the month of Av. Let’s go back to the origin of this day marked for Jewish tragedy and suffering:…
The Three Weeks and Tisha Ba’av 5786
Background We are in mourning. We are in the middle of the 3 weeks, a period of mourning that leads up to and includes the 9th of Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, the day that both the…
Filling the Miracle Tank Parshas Matos Masay 5768
Torah, Tefillah, and the Two Fronts of Jewish Survival There are few topics in the Jewish world today that create as much pain, tension, and misunderstanding as the question of army service and yeshiva learning in Eretz Yisrael, the Land…
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