Haftorah for Parshat BeShalach – Studying the haftara of the torah portion of BeShalach (Exodus 13:17–17:16). The power of the voyage and the song. The direction of a song elevates the singer. Haftorah on Parshat BeShalach To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat Read more »
Tikun Olam and Jewish Peoplehood
Rabbi Berel Wein There is a substitute for Judaism that is the new faith in much of non-Orthodox American Jewry. It is called “tikun olam”. What differentiates Judaism from other faiths is that it is not only a religion. It is also a family and a people. Judaism is at one and the same time [...] Read more »
The Lessons Of The moon
What are we to learn from the first commandment given to the people of Israel as a people; “ And HaShem spoke unto Moshe and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: ‘This (HaZeh) month will be to you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” ( [...] Read more »
Weekly Podcast Haftorah Bo
Haftorah for Parshat Bo – Developing the spiritual skills to come out of our personal Egypt and constraints Haftorah on Parshat Bo To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat Read more »
Rabbi Lau’s Testimony of Faith
by Gavriel Horan ( Hamodia English Newspaper) “You cannot explain one moment of my survival without miracles.” Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, currently the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Chairman of Yad Vashem, and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, is one of my personal heroes. I have long desired to meet him face [...] Read more »
Listening for Redemption
We are living in a generation wherein we can actually hear the footsteps of redemption. All one has to do to truly hear it is to open one’s eyes and see. We see pictures of the emaciated survivors arriving from the death camps of Europe and remember the prophet Ezekiel describing the bones beginning to [...] Read more »
Weekly Podcast Haftorah Vaera
Haftorah for Parshat Vaera — Hardening Pharoah’s heart and what it teaches us about the concept of free choice and the “meaning” of Egypt. Haftorah on Parshat Vaera To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat Read more »
The Land For Peace Hoax
By Caroline B. Glick. A must read, forward, share article indicting those who still delude themselves with a utopian ideal that’s widely embraced despite almost always failing. The rise of the forces of jihadist Islam in Egypt places the US and other Western powers in an uncomfortable position. The US is the guarantor of Egypt’s [...] Read more »
Courage To Lead
The world is suffering from a dearth of leadership. Leaders are blown from side to side by the powerful winds of political correctness and societal whims. Truth is ignored and life and death decisions are postponed. Arrogance has replaced discernment and small mindedness has overtaken vision and principle. All this is done , so that [...] Read more »
Weekly Podcast Haftorah Parshat Shemot
Haftorah for Parshat Shemot — The burning bush and believing in destiny and covenant. Haftorah on Parshat Shemot To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts Please do not play on Shabbat Read more »