Parshat Mishpatim - Land Laws Given in the Wilderness By: Rabbi Leo Dee Why does Parshat Mishpatim - the Torah’s great catalog of civil law -...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Mishpatim, opens with the words “V’eileh hamishpatim, And these are the ordinances.” (Shemos 21:1) “V’eileh, And these.” One...

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 Parshas Yisro. The parsha that tells of our nation receiving The Aseres Hadibros. A most monumental moment in the history of...

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...

Tu B’Shvat – The Rosh Hashanah for the Trees By: Rabbi Ezriel Mantsur Rosh Hashanah for the trees falls in our month, the month of Shevat....

Parashat Beshalach 5786: Faith in the Almighty – The Secret of Redemption: The Main Thing Is Not to Be Afraid at All of the...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This past Sunday brought a fierce winter storm across much of the U.S. We got hit with a whopper. An Arctic...

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...

Parshas Bo – Reinvigorate Yourself Jewishly By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis At the beginning of the parsha, we are told that one of HaShem`s goals in the...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, a former Chief Rabbi of Israel, is a most inspiring speaker, with a special knack for telling...

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...

The Warning Embedded in Parshat Vaeira By: Rabbi Leo Dee I keep thinking about Parshat Vaeira as I read the headlines. Vaeira is the moment when...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos, Shabbos Mevorchim, we bless the oncoming month of Shevat. Shevat, spelled Shin-Beis-Tes, is often read as an acronym for...

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 Fargess nisht dein numen…. Fargess nisht dein numen…. Don’t forget your name…. Don’t forget your name…. I was by my mother’s – Rebbetzin Esther bas...