“Parshat Beshalach” by Rabbi Chaim Marcus
Rabbi Marcus is the rabbi of Congregation Israel in Springfield, NJ. Earlier this week, on the 10th of Shevat, was the yahrzeit of Rav Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal hy”d, the author of a sefer written during the dark days of the Shoah, Eim HaBanim Semeichah, a work...
Parshat Bo: “Jewish Time Reflected in Jewish History” by Rabbi Elie Weinstock
Rabbi Weinstock is the rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York, NY. “Ha-chodesh ha-zeh lachem rosh chadashim – This month shall be the head of the months for you.” (Shemot/Exodus 12:1) The very first commandment given to the entire Jewish people is the...
“Parshat Va’era” by Rabbi Yechiel Morris
Rabbi Morris is the rabbi of Young Israel of Southfield in Southfield, MI. After his initial failure in Parshat Shemot to achieve freedom for the Jewish people, Moshe once again was instructed by Hashem to confront Pharaoh with his demands for emancipation. This new...
Parshat Shemot: “Moshe’s Missing Years” by Rabbi Yonah Gross
Rabbi Yonah Gross is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Hamedorsh in Wynnewood, PA. How much are we really told about Moshe’s life? We know that he was born, cast into the river, and eventually rescued by the Princess of Egypt. When he got a little older, he saved a Jew...