Listen That the youth of our community is especially in need of religions and moral instruction, seems to me a fact hardly to be disputed or doubted; and it appears equally as evident that in order to impart such instruction ...
Listen Rabbi Hillel stated in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers 2:5), “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.” Hineni is an invitation for all of us to take initiative toward greatness. Why do ...
Listen There is a rule in Jewish law that someone can impose a benefit on another person without his knowledge. Because he gains, we can therefore assume his agreement. But by the same token someone cannot impose an obligation on ...
Listen You have to give to the closest people first. You give first to your wife and your kids. Yes your wife comes before your kids…your immediate family then larger family, then your community, then your city, then your country, ...
Listen For all these reasons, the honest conclusion must be that it is virtually impossible today to live in accordance with Jewish religious requirements if one is party to the consumption of animal products, especially in Western society; and that ...
Listen In any case, we cannot take this uncritical, “tolerant” attitude across the board. There are people who deny the Holocaust. Are their opinions worthy of respect? Surely not! Why not? Because they ignore all the evidence. Well, if there ...
Listen One of the ways to develop faith is through working to draw those who are far from God closer. If you are conscious that your eating habits are bad, the remedy is to give charity to the Tzaddik and to ...
Listen The claim in Psalms that the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims His works (Psalms 19:2) is not a mere metaphor. The study of nature, even with all its intellectual rigor, is filled with spiritual ...
Listen But many people want nothing more than a “yes-or-no” answer. There is a joke: A person texts a Rabbi: I have a big problem. Is there a G-d? The answer: Yes. The sender replies: Thank you so much, Rabbi. ...
