The Rain In Spain (and anywhere else) Should Train Not To Complain
Before commencing this article, and thereby launching a whole new “round” of articles for the coming year, be’ezras Hashem, I would like to pause for [...]
Before commencing this article, and thereby launching a whole new “round” of articles for the coming year, be’ezras Hashem, I would like to pause for [...]
And so, thanks to the vagaries of the calendar, of scheduling, and of the realities of putting out a newspaper, this will be the [...]
Yes, I am aware that I was in the middle of giving my opinion about a recent controversy in our town. However, when I [...]
Instead of the type of column I usually write, I feel compelled to pen (or type) a certain insight I feel I should share. [...]
A person whose opinion I respect told me a few days ago that my articles are becoming too “heavy,” too deep, abstract, abstruse, obscure. [...]
Two weeks ago, this column analyzed two different types of “forgetting,” or ignoring, Hashem, based on the different ways the Torah speaks of such [...]
Dear Readers: I am experimenting with allowing my good friend, and in certain matters a rebbi of mine, Reb Yechiel Spira — a man [...]
We find in the Torah two sections which discuss a prohibition against “forgetting” (e.g., to dismiss from one’s mind, lose consciousness of, or lose [...]
The bedrock, the foundation, the roots of a Jew is his or her emunah. And if such a thing needs to be stated explicitly, [...]
We are trying to understand the reaction of Aharon Hakohen to the tragedy of his children suddenly dying in the midst of one of [...]
We are seeking to understand why there is constant reference to Moshe Rabbeinu’s seeing the Land, to the point of apparent incongruity: Hashem “insisting” [...]
This week’s parshah (Bamidbar 27:12, 13) says, “Hashem said to Moshe: ‘Go up this Mount Avarim and see the Land that I have given [...]