By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “We stand with Israel” has become popular phrase seen on posters at solidarity rallies, spotted on store windows, and placed on...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis From the subtlety of Jacob`s language, we discover the character traits to which we, as Jews, should aspire–and the converse is...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Vayeitzei… And he left. This week’s parsha, Vayeitzei, opens with Yaakov Avinu on the run, fleeing the wrath of his brother Eisav. “Vayifga...

By: Rabbi Label Lam And he arrived at the place and lodged there because the sun had set, and he took some of the stones...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The weeks pass, the war continues. The hostages – men, women, children, babies – still have not come home. Our hearts...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Preservation of Free Choice We read at the beginning of the parsha, “And these are the offspring of Yitzchak son of...

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis While this week’s parsha, Chayei Sara, tells us of the death of Sara Imeinu, it opens with the words “Chayei Sara,...

By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Zt’l The sedra of Chayei Sarah focuses on two episodes, both narrated at length and in intricate detail. Abraham buys a...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Am Yisroel is now entering week 4 of a most difficult war. Week 4 of much pain and heartache, of many...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This week’s parsha imparts to us lessons for life–how we should conduct ourselves in our daily affairs and in our relationships. Interestingly...

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was June 1967. The Six-Day War was raging in Eretz Yisroel. My uncle, HaRav Amram Jungreis z”l, was the rav...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, the history of the Jewish people commences. Until now, in the portions of Genesis and Noah, we...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Eis tzarah hee l’Yaakov, It is a time of deep pain and tragedy for Klal Yisroel. We are all walking around...

By:  Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb There are many words in the English language that originally had great power but have become watered down over the...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week, Shabbos Bereishis, we once again begin reading the cycle of Torah portions. The word “Torah” means “instructions” or “teachings”....

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1) The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...