by admin | Jun 7, 2017 | Weekly Email
Our teacher Miri said to me in a stern voice, βIf you talk one more time without permission, I will have to ask you to leave the room.β Miri is our new history teacher. What do you think? Did I manage to hold back? Right you are, there was no way for me to stop...
by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Weekly Email
A Passage without a Clear Meaning Rebbe Yaacov of Husiatyn begins his commentary on the Torah portion of Korach with the following: Β When we study the story of the dispute with Korach and his followers, we stand full of wonder and without any understanding....
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Hesder
Why do we eat Maror on Pesach? Ostensibly, the answer to this question is so straightforward that it is not I who should be speaking about this, but my pre-school-age grandchild. Why is it so straightforward? Because it is one of the only cases in which the reason for...
by admin | Apr 6, 2017 | American
Rabbi Dr. Isenberg is the National Director of Religious Zionists of Chicago. The Midrash (Vayikra Rabba 9:1) relates the pasuk in Parashat Tzav (7:2): ΧΧΧ Χ’ΧΦΎΧͺΧΧΧ ΧΧ§Χ¨ΧΧΧ Χ In our days, when we have no opportunity to bring korbanot, our speech, through daily tefilot,...
