Riding the Apocalyptic Wave

By rabbijacobs | October 14, 2022

The Flood, The Destruction of Sodom and the Succah by Rabbi Richard Jacobs The flood: the end of the world. The waters rage, turmoil covers […]

Yom Kippur 5783

By Shai Mandel | October 3, 2022

Open Up By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) In Maseches Taanis 26b, Yom Kippur is referred to as the greatest day for Klal […]

Parshas Ha’azinu 5783

By Shai Mandel | October 2, 2022

Hashem Never Lets Go By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Ha’azinu contains Moshe Rabbeinu’s parting message to the Jewish people—the song Ha’azinu. […]

Parshas Vayeilech 5783

By Shai Mandel | September 29, 2022

Returning All the Way to Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Vayeilech, Moshe warns the Jewish People that in the […]

Rosh Hashana 5783

By Shai Mandel | September 21, 2022

Feeling Hashem’s Kingship By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Sages teach (Rosh Hashana 16a) that on Rosh Hashana, Hashem commands, “Say the […]

Parshas Nitzavim 5782

By Shai Mandel | September 21, 2022

Fear is Positive By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Jewish People heard the 98 curses that would befall whoever failed to fulfill […]

Parshas Ki Savo 5782

By Shai Mandel | September 15, 2022

Serving Hashem With Joy Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parashas Ki Savo, the Jewish people receive a series of conditional blessings and […]

Parshas Ki Seitzei

By Shai Mandel | September 7, 2022

Habit or Addiction? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Ki Seitzei deals with the ben sorer u’moreh, the rebellious son. In order […]

Parshas Shoftim 5782

By Shai Mandel | August 31, 2022

To Be a King Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) In Parashas Shoftim, Moshe Rabbeinu exhorts the people to uphold justice, stressing the importance […]

Parshas Re’eh 5782

By Shai Mandel | August 23, 2022

What It Means to See By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Re’eh begins with Hashem’s declaring: “See, I have put before you […]