Do The Right Thing!

by | Jan 17, 2014 | Sefer Shemot, Yitro

There is an interesting story told in the Book of Judges, Chapter 17. Someone by the name of Michiyahu founded an idolatrous cult. He had an idol and built a temple for this purpose. He sought someone with leadership qualities, charisma and spirituality to lead his...
Lets Have an Argument

Lets Have an Argument

by | Jan 9, 2014 | Beshalach

The Talmud (Sotah 37) gives us a glimpse of the internal politics among the tribes of Israel immediately preceding the splitting of the Red Sea. The tribes were arguing for the privilege of being the first to jump into the Sea, especially the tribes of Benjamin and...
Quiet Time

Quiet Time

by | Dec 27, 2013 | Va'eira

In today’s parsha we read how Moshe argued with G-d about his competence to carry G-d’s message to Pharaoh to release the Jews. “The children of Israel did not listen to me,” he says, “Why should Pharaoh?” (Exod. 6:12). This is a...
Do It Anyway

Do It Anyway

by | Dec 20, 2013 | Shemot

Here is one of the less discussed miracles that took place in Egypt. The pharaoh of Egypt had decreed that all the Jewish boy babies were to be drowned at birth. Yocheved, Moses’ mother, hides her newborn Moses for 3 months and then places her baby in a caulked...
The Secret to Forgiveness

The Secret to Forgiveness

by | Dec 6, 2013 | Vayigash

I remember taking a walk with my wife in one of the towns along the Hudson. We stumbled upon an art gallery. From the window we could see an unusual amount of Judaica so we decided to walk in. In fact the proprietor was an Israeli woman, happy to see us she began...