Parsha

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was the mid-1940s. The horrific days of the Holocaust were coming to a close, yet the cruel acts of Nazi...

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word “holy” is thought to be...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I recently heard a true life story that spoke volumes. It was in the mid-70s. A young successful entrepreneur went to the Lubavitcher...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Incredibly, the portion is entitled “Yitro” rather than “Moses” or “The Ten Commandments”. The reason for this begs an answer. The...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Vayehi beshalach Pharaoh es ha’am, And it was when Pharaoh sent out the nation…” (Shemos 13:17). The Talmud teaches that when...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It is a familiar domestic scene, one that we have all experienced. The family is about to leave on a...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Bo, tells us of the mitzva of V’higadeta l’vincha, and you shall tell your son…” (Shemos 13:8). The...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis At the beginning of the parsha, we are told that one of HaShem`s goals in the exodus from Egypt was to...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Baruch Atah HaShem….. matir assurim. Blessed are you HaShem…. Who releases captives. One of the brachos we say every morning during Shacharis. Following the...

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz We read near the beginning of our Parashah that Moshe spoke Hashem’s words to Bnei Yisrael, “but they did not heed...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “V’eileh Shemos Bnei Yisroel, These are the names of Bnei Yisroel.” (Shemos 1:1) There is a well-known Midrash which teaches that the...

By: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier “And Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “HASHEM, why have You done evil to this people? Why have You sent...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin End of life plans. Wills, last requests. Not things that are pleasant to think about. Decisions we tend to delay and...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Special Level of Yaakov, Our Patriarch The Midrash Tanchuma states, “Reb Shimon Bar Yochai said, “Hashem said to the Klal Yisroel...

Parshas Vayigash – We Can’t Forget By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash, we read of the emotional moment when Yosef revealed his true identity...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Twenty-two years passed since Yosef had last seen his family. Hard years. Years of slavery. Years of imprisonment. Yosef is now...