by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | American
Rabbi Ari Perl is the rabbi of The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach in Atlantic Beach, NY. The “broad stripes and bright stars” of the American flag may inspire genuine appreciation for the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” but it is the high-flying eagle,...
by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | American
Reprinted from Eretz Yisrael in the Parashah by R’ Moshe D. Lichtman I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that the Jewish nation is currently experiencing its most difficult period in over 25 years. The past few weeks have been simply catastrophic. The...
by admin | May 24, 2017 | American, Weekly Email
Rabbi Unterman is the rabbi of Young Israel of East Brunswick in East Brunswick, NJ. In Ruth – From Alienation to Monarchy (Maggid Books, 2015), Dr. Yael Zeigler highlights the centrality of namefulness and namelessness in the book of Ruth. Among other examples she...
by admin | May 11, 2017 | American
Rabbi Cheses is the rabbi of the Young Israel of Sharon in Sharon, MA. The great sage, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai, underscores the notion that we were created with a specific mission and mandate: רבי יוחנן קבל מהלל ושמאי הוא היה אומר אם למדת תורה הרבה,אל תחזיק טובה...
by admin | May 4, 2017 | American
Rabbi Billet is the rabbi of Anshei Chesed Congregation in Boynton Beach, FL. Vayikra 18:3 – Like the ways of Egypt where you lived you shall not do. And like the ways of Canaan, where I will be bringing you, you shall not do. Do not follow any of their customs. The...
by admin | Apr 28, 2017 | American
Rabbi Feldman is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Saadya inTeaneck, NJ The theme of lashon hara lurks unmentioned but deeply felt in the background of our double parshah of Tazria-Metzora. The parshiyot describe a malady, tzara’at, which...
