March 19, 2025

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Divrei Torah

Shem Zicht Nisht

Last month, my wife and I were in Israel. Aside from visiting family, our purpose for going was to show solidarity. Ever since last October,

Rules and Limits

Despite what their kids might think, being a parent isn’t easy. One of the hardest parts of the job for a parent (and certainly for

The Power of Why

In a much-watched TED Talk, Simon Sinek asked the following question: How do great leaders inspire action? What made people like Martin Luther King and

Avodah Zara in Galut?

In Devarim, perek 4, Moshe Rabbeinu warns us that we face exile from our beloved land if we betray Hashem and His Torah. He even

We Won’t Get Fooled Again

Last week, Ismail Haniyeh—a notorious bloodthirsty murderer and leader of a gang of ruthless terrorists—was removed from this planet. He was a vile murderer, accountable

How to Find Consolation This Year

This Difficult Year Typically, we identify with Shabbat Nachamu more than with Tisha B’Av. Most of us have lived comfortable and secure lives devoid of

Desires and Yearnings

Even if you can’t have it, you should still want it. That line may sound like the opposite of the 10th commandment,“lo tachmod,” that warns

Zera Shimshon on Parshas Vaeschanan

וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְדֹוָד בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר (דברים ג:כג) (Courtesy of Zera Shimshon) On the first pasuk in our parsha (Devorim 3:23), “And I (Moshe) pleaded

The ‘Ultimate’ Nechama

Parshat Vaetchanan Shabbat Nachamu The haftarah for Shabbat Nachamu opens the “sheva denechemta,” the seven post-Tisha B’Av haftarot with Yishayahu’s prophecies of comfort. It also

A Double Comfort

The Jewish people sinned doubly, as it says, “Cheit chatah Yerushalayim – (The people of) Jerusalem sinned a sin” (Eicha 1:8). And they were punished

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