Parshat Behalotcha: “No Pain No Gain” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
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...
Parshat Bamidbar: “History Makers – Establishing a Jewish Genealogy” by Rabbi Efrayim Unterman
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...
Parshat Emor: “‘For This You Were Created:’ Accepting our Priestly Role” by Rabbi Noah Cheses
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...
“Parshat Achrei-Mot Kedoshim” by Rabbi Avi Billet
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...