Parshas Tezavah 2000

by | Oct 17, 2000 | Tetzaveh

Last Saturday night I was dancing under the stars in Jacksonville, Florida. As I whirled around in a circle I admired the beautiful fountain on one side of the garden and the gorgeous illuminated stained glass windows towering over us on my other side. For twenty...

Parshas Bo 5760

by | Oct 15, 2000 | Bo

I’d like to quote the words of the great Gaon and Tzadik Rav Chaim of Valozhin in a letter he wrote to one of the great poskim of his generation. “Regarding the case of the Aguna of Vilna… I see you are leaning toward stringency. You feel the woman should not...

Parshas Vayishlach 2000

by | Oct 14, 2000 | Vayishlach

Yaakov’s name means crooked. The word “Akov” means insidious. Esav defined his brother Yaakov’s essence according to his name. He is deviant, perverse, corrupt and crooked. “That is why his name is Yaakov – because he has already...

Being a Good Citizen

by | Sep 24, 2000 | Sukkot

I have become addicted to the news. I get news about Eretz Yisroel wherever I can. I have become an Arutz Sheva junkie wondering why they haven’t updated in the past five minutes. I call Israel. I wake up with my clock radio blaring news and I talk to anyone who...