Yud Tes Kislev: A Little Less, A Little More
In the times of the Alter Rebbe, Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal haTanya, a newly married man was spending his days learning in Kollel when he became...
Confrontation Or Avoidance
Applying the wisdom of Torah to contemporary challenges is never simple, and it is particularly challenging when it comes to Jewish foreign affairs. Our Sages taught us that Parshas...
Battling Esav And Yishmael
The most nail-biting faceoff in all Sefer Bereishis occurs when Yaakov returns to Israel to face his enraged brother, still fuming about a 20-year-old grievance. As Esav marches towards...
The Kabbalah Of The Media War
By Yochanan Gordon
The Baal Shem Tov once said that he had an answer for every question and a subsequent question that could rebut his initial answer.
Back to that in...
“Israel Belongs Nowhere”: An Arab Taunt And Its Ancient History
By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l
The Yalkut tells us that the stones that Jacob used as a pillow during his lonely flight from Esau were the very ones upon which...
Do We Have A Future?
By Rabbi Leo Dee
In 1938, it was Germany, Poland, and Lithuania that determined the Final Solution to the “Jewish Problem.” Today, the world has once again risen up against...
An Antidote To Spiritual Stalemate
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Last week I wrote about the bris that we hosted in Bozeman while Klal Yisroel was in Washington, D.C. rallying for Eretz Yisrael. Attending...
Parashat Vayeitzei: Climb!
“Through Fire and Water: The Life of Reb Noson of Breslov” by Chaim Kramer is the epic story of the life and times of Reb Noson of Breslov, zt’l....
One Rock, One People
When Yaakov lays down to sleep on Har haMoriah, he places multiple rocks around his head. When he awakens, the Torah tells us that he uses the one rock...
Holding Onto Truth
Yaakov spends twenty years in a house of lies and deceit. From the outset, he faces constant scheming and chicanery. Though slated to marry Rochel, he wakes up the...