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A Shavuos Message–CHOICES

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Choices. Dilemmas. Life altering decisions. Each of the individuals in Megillas Rus is faced with a choice, a decision that would...

Parshat Bamidbar – “Elite by Commitment”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Scholars have had a lot to say about the role of aristocracy in the course of human history. Those of...

Pirkei Avot–You Are Never Finished

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We count Sefira day by day, from Pesach to Shavuos, reciting a bracha each day. We are reminded about how precious...

Parshas Bechukosai – She Builds With Wisdom

By: Shlomo Katz King Shlomo writes in Mishlei (9:1), “With all forms of wisdom she did build her house; she carved out its seven pillars.”...

Lag B’Omer–Mystical Fires

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Mikrah – coincidence. But we know that there are no coincidences in life. That all is b’yad HaShem – in HaShem’s...

Parshat Behar – The Laws of Shmittah and Yovel

By: Rabbi Meir Tamari When Moshe descended from Har Sinai with the Luchot he had to interrupt the teaching of the Torah he received, because...

Parshas Emor–Fly the Flag

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Emor, tells us about HaShem’s eternal gift to Bnei Yisroel. The gift of Shabbos. “Sheishes yomim tay’aseh melacha, Six...

Parshas Emor – Prisms of Light; Reflections From a Shattered Glass

By: Naftali Reich The essential theme behind the counting of the sefirah is, of course, perfecting our character traits. This is alluded to in the...

Parshas Kedoshim–Sometimes It’s Just a Hot Cup of Coffee

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Kedoshim. “Kedoshim te’hiyu, You shall be holy…” (Vayikra 19:2) To live a life of sanctity. The mission statement of our...

Parshas Kedoshim – A Tremendous Mitzvah

By: Rabbi Label Lam …You shall not stand by your fellow’s blood. I am HASHEM. (Vayikra 19:16) You shall not stand by your fellow’s blood:...

Pesach – The Bitter & The Sweet

Pesach - The Bitter & The Sweet By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I am writing these words from the Holy City of Yerushalayim. My husband and I...

Passover – The True Connoisseur

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s almost Pesach, so much to plan, so much to prepare. On our to-do list is purchasing wine for the seder....

Parshas Metzora: Reflections on a Road Not Taken

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Most of us have experienced a phase earlier in our lives, perhaps in high school, during which we dreamed...

Pesach–Listen to Your Messages

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Pesach. A night of recalling the miracles of our past, and recognizing the miracles in our lives today. The words “b’chol dor...

Parshas Tazria – The Footsteps of Moshiach

By: Shlomo Katz One of the mitzvot in this week’s parashah is Brit Milah / circumcision. In the additional Harachaman prayers recited in Birkat Hamazon...

Parshas Shemini – Solid Like A Rock

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Vayehi bayom hashmini, and it was on the eighth day.” (Vayikra 9:1) The number seven connotes tevah, what is natural, as in...

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