The Midrash (Yalkut Shimoni, Nevi’im 499) describes the scene at the end of days: “When the King Moshiach will come, he will stand on the
“And I will grant peace”: You might say [upon receiving bounty], “Here is food and here is drink, but if there is no peace, there
“Our Father, our King! For the sake of our forefathers who trusted in You, and whom You taught statutes of life, so too, be gracious
We are blessed to live in a remarkable period of our history. Years ago, on a Thursday morning at the kotel, I chose to join
We are counting towards Sinai, that time and place where we stood—in a description so familiar that it has become trite—”k’ish echad b’lev echad— as
The period of Sefirat HaOmer links Pesach to Matan Torah and includes the days of commemoration of our present-day miraculous return to Zion, creating an
Vayikra-Tzav. These are the weeks of avoidance. During this period between Purim and Pesach, when the Torah readings address the obscure details of the animal
Leadership is worthy of its name when it is characterized by a humble assumption of responsibility, not only for others, but primarily for oneself. Rav
Our generation has been blessed with the incredible and miraculous gift of the return to Eretz Yisrael. This is something for which we must be
The reason for the annual pre-Pesach reading of Parshas Parah, the Torah instruction regarding the Parah Adumah (Red Heifer), is almost as enigmatic as its
Over the past five years I have been blessed to make a lot of new friends, very good friends, Jews who are not part of
*This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post “Israel is accused of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people by a United Nations agency,
