By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin    The Shabbos following the Fast of Tisha B’Av is known as “Shabbos Nachamu” – Shabbos of Consolation. The name is taken...

By: Shlomo Katz The haftarah opens: “Nachamu, nachamu” / “Comfort, comfort My people – says your G-d. Speak to the heart of Yerushalayim and proclaim to...

By: Rabbi Label Lam Who can assure that this heart should remain theirs, to fear Me and observe all My commandments, all the days, so...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parshah, Devarim, is always read on the Shabbos preceding Tisha B’Av. We know that there are no coincidences… If...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Is it possible for a person to really cleanse himself and start life anew? And here too, the prophet assures us, “Let...

By: Shlomo Katz We read in this week’s parashah that one who commits unintentional manslaughter is exiled to a city of refuge until the Kohen...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky During the presidential run of 1992, candidate Bill Clinton published a book entitled Putting People First. He had it right. He...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parshah carries the name of Pinchas, son of Elazar, grandson of Aaron HaKohein. Pinchas is known as a kanai, a...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Love is an emotion. It is a feeling, often a very passionate one that we have toward another person,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parshah tells us of Balak, King of Moav, and Bilaam, a sorcerer and practitioner of black magic. Balak saw Bnei...

By: Shlomo Katz In this week’s parashah, we read how Bilam tried to curse Bnei Yisrael. Pirkei Avot (ch.5) teaches that evil-doers like Bilam do...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin From the time of the Exodus, Bnei Yisroel were blessed to be guided by three leaders, Moshe, Aaron and Miriam. According...

By: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier HASHEM said to Moshe, “Do not fear him, for into your hands have I given him, his entire people, and...

Parshas Korach – Who Are Our Influencers?   By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin   We live in the age of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. A world where through...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb We all nod our heads in agreement when we hear the phrase, “Two Jews, three opinions.” We similarly chuckle when...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The Midrash teaches that there were two wealthy people in the world — one, a Jew named Korach, the other, a...