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 Osher Jungreis This weeks parsha is one of the richest, for within it are to be found the pillars of our Judaism – the Ten...

By: Rabbi Yisroel Ciner This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Devarim {Deuteronomy}. “Aileh haDevarim asher debair Moshe el kol Yisroel {These are the...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis PARSHAS DEVARIM–ETERNAL LOVE Is it possible for a person to really cleanse himself and start life anew? And here too, the prophet assures...

By: Rabbi Label Lam If a man makes a vow to HASHEM or makes an oath to prohibit himself, he shall not profane his word;...

Would you ever imagine that our holy Sages had a lot to say about a kiss? Would we not assume that kisses would be...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis When should you speak out and when should you remain silent? To what extent do you have to take responsibility and...

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 Rav Ronen Neuwirth Every encounter with death raises theological questions, challenging questions, unanswered questions. Many of us have experienced this struggle, particularly recently with...

By: Yosef Ciner This weeks parsha, Chukas, begins with the laws of Parah Adumah, the red heifer. This is the purification process that one must...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Crime and Punishment. In a corporeal world, the correlation of a jail sentence to a crime does not symbolize a cogent...

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 Ariel Natan Pasko Winston Churchill said, that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried...

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...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb When one reaches a certain age, he does not have to be reminded that his memory is not what it...