It’s Takeh Funny But The Joke’s On Us!
I admit I'm not sure when this will be read Before Purim, or during, or after instead But in honor of Purim I had [...]
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Will
How do you go about building a Mishkan? Besides the materials, apparently one needs a healthy dose of “from every man whose heart motivates [...]
People Hearing Without Listening
“And Moshe took the Sefer Habris and read it within earshot of the people, and they said, “Everything that Hashem has stated, we will do [...]
From Shemos To Pesach — Final
We will now im yirtzeh Hashem finish the series on emunah which we started back in the week of Parshas Shemos. Indeed, these parshiyos [...]
We Interrupt This Series On Emunah To Talk About… BITACHON!
It’s weird. Tuesday Parshas Beshalach has come and gone, and I don’t feel any different. WHAT? You don’t know about Tuesday Parshas Beshalach? Soon to [...]
Emunah, Emunah, Emunah: At The End of the Day, That’s What It’s All About – Part 3
Dear Readers, please realize that the weeks in which the parshiyos of Shemos, Va’era, Bo, and Beshalach are read are the best time to [...]
Emunah, Emunah, Emunah: At The End of the Day, That’s What It’s All About – Part 2
To those of you who may be thinking that I am writing things that any believing Jew knows already, and that I am wasting [...]
Emunah, Emunah, Emunah: At The End of the Day, That’s What It’s All About, Part 1
The title of the column is actually based on a Ramban at the end of Parshas Bo. This Ramban is so critically important, nay, [...]
So You Want To Be A Politician? Part Two
We left off last week with a fascinating insight by the Chaver in the sefer Hakuzari, towards the beginning of the third ma’amar. The [...]
Suckerpunched
How the Chareidi Community Walked Right Into the Trap Set For It, And How Well-Meaning People Enabled That To Happen Or How In Two Short Weeks We Went From A Few Kooks** to “The Torah Disrespects Women --It Is Wrong To Have Separate Gym Hours” to „How Come There Aren‟t Women Models In The Windows Of the New Kenyon Ramot „ to an MK Pulling His Bill To Have Chillul Shabbos – Free Electricity
So You Want To Be A Politician? Part One
The dictionary I use has the following two definitions for the word “politician”: A seeker or holder of public office, who is more concerned [...]
Eiruv Tavshilin
The following was culled from the Rav's 60-second D'var Halacha after Ma'ariv: The idea behind Eiruv Tavshilin is to begin, already on Erev Yom Tov, [...]