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 It was the beginning of the fortieth year of Bnei Yisroel’s trek through the vast desert. This week’s parsha, Chukas, tells of...

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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I was running errands, when a woman I did not recognize approached me. “Are you Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis’ daughter?” When I proudly...

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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was last Friday afternoon. I was in my kitchen, peeling, slicing, chopping, mixing. Getting ready for Shabbos. While my hands...

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...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Beha’aloscha, 1991. The Shabbos of my son’s bar mitzva. Family and friends joined together for a memorable simcha. We had...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha (Numbers 8:1), Aaron is commanded to kindle the lights of the menorah, but a most unusual word...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We were just blessed on Shavuos by the kohanim. How uplifting it was to receive their bracha, and listen to their...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis “May G-d bless thee and keep thee” “May He cause His countenance to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee” “May HaShem...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Shavuos is in the air. Z’man mattan Torahseinu. The Yom Tov we celebrate the giving of the Torah. Our receiving the...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, we begin the 4th of the Five Books of Moses. This Book is also known as Sefer...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Behar… The mountain…. Har Sinai… Mount Sinai. As Shavuos is approaching, the lessons of Sinai are ever so relevant and meaningful. The...

By: Shlomo Katz Parashat Behar opens: “Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying, ‘. . . When you come into the land that I...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Ever think it’s too late…. I can’t start over again… how do I even begin? Rabbi Akiva teaches us otherwise. Rabbi Akiva was...