Moshe Kempinski One of the moments in the year which invariably lift me to the greatest height is actually a moment of pure silence. It occurs at the end of the Yom Kippur prayers. After spending almost twenty six hours in Hashem’s very throne room we reluctantly take leave. At that moment of departure as … Read more
The Shorashim Tanach study will begin again after the Sukkot ( feast of Tabernacles) holiday This Year we will be doing an in depth study of THE BOOK OF RUTH If any of our readers have any ideas to help make the study more interactive please contact us at [email protected]
Rochel Sylvetsky Watch young Jewish children rejoicing in the Torah – may their innocence and purity merit G-d’s granting His people a tranquil year. The Talmudic Sage Resh Lakish said in the name of Rabbi Judah the Prince: “The world continues to exist only in the merit of the utterances of ‘tinokot shel bet raban’ … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The secret of Yom Kippur is difficult to understand. Why this one day? Why cannot one who has strayed from the path turn to G-d and return at any time? Furthermore is this day all about sin and atonement or is there some higher and deeper level? We read the following regarding this … Read more
Moshe Kempinski We are living in days in which light and darkness are mixed together. We are witnessing times when the lines between good and evil seem to be blurred, or totally non-existent. When terror raises its ugly head, there are many well-meaning people who would rather try to explain away the root causes of … Read more
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Three phrases in the news that will help us prepare for Rosh Hashanah. President Obama recently got into trouble for three statements he made about his role as the leader of the free world. Obviously his words are important. His decisions play a crucial role in determining our national destiny. They … Read more
From Rochel Sylvetsky Ancient Jewish history can put the present into perspective and enable us to take the long view, but not everything has a precedent. Edmund Burke wrote that “people will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors”. And although the 2014 war in Gaza is – or was, … Read more
Psalm 21 1 [A Psalm] of David. Hashem is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Hashem is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.3 Though a host … Read more
