Parsha

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “A star rises from Jacob, a scepter comes forth from Israel; it smashes the brow of Moav, the foundation of all children of Seth”...

By Rabbi Mordechai Young A rebbe of mine, Rabbi Yehoshua Kurland, a rebbe in Sh’or Yoshuv, noted author and chazzan, always makes Torah learning fun and enjoyable! He asked why...

For the very first time since Shabbos Zachor before Purim, we hosted guests at our Shabbos table. Our shul is still closed, but we invited two family units for...

From Where I Stand By Rabbi Yossy Goldman “We cannot ascend.” – Bamidbar 13:31 Some conclusions are more obvious to come to than others. Sometimes the most obvious conclusion isn’t necessarily correct....

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute One of the complex issues in relationships between full-time learners and good Jews who didn’t merit to learn much Torah is the awkward moment...

Musings of a Shliach From Montana It’s been a rough few weeks for our beloved United States. If COVID-19 and its negative effect on our mental health wasn’t enough, we...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman Nine of the holiest rabbis cannot make a minyan. Enter one little bar mitzvah boy, and suddenly the minyan is complete! When we count Jews, there...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute It is fascinating that despite the fact that our Torah is all about conducting ourselves in our everyday lives, and its uniqueness lies in...

By Rabbi Mordechai Young On March 29, 1982, the North Carolina Tar Heels were playing a championship game versus the Georgetown Hoyas. It was a very close game. The Hoyas...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman One section stands out from the rest in this week’s parashah. It is known as the Tochacha, the Rebuke. There we read a litany of disasters...