Articles:
Lets Use Our Heads
When the Torah describes the crimes of the generation of the flood it says that they were guilty of idol worship, promiscuity, murder, and 'chamas'. Rashi translates chamas as robbery. It was this crime that ultimately singled this generation beyond all the previous...
Matos-Masei 5748
A thought for the week on Parshiyos Matos-Masei
The Problem With Labels
Parshas Naso 1988
Insights
Insights on Parshas Behaaloscha 1988
Whose Fault Is It?
A thought for the week on Parshas Korach
Laws of Chanuka
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Do not be Happy with your Lot
We should never be satisfied with our spiritual attainments, but strive to improve them
Gratitude
Jacob gives an extra portion of his blessings not to his firstborn Reuben (as one should, according to halacha), but to Joseph.
Judging Character
In today's parsha we read how, after the brothers had sold Joseph into slavery, Judah married a Canaanite woman and had three sons, the first two of whom, Er and Onan, died because of their sins, and then shortly thereafter his wife died. The Sforno explains that...
How to get G-d to Listen
We should realize how powerful an influence for good we can have on other people’s lives, and on our own, when we pray with kavana.
How to be a Light Unto the Nations
Parshas Noach 1987
Shabbat Devarim 5747
A thought for the week on Parashat Devarim
Parshas Balak 1987
Insights for Parshas Balak
Parshas Bamidbar 1987
Insights on Parshas Bamidbar
Why Do Jews Complain
Insights on Parshas Behaaloscha 1987
Parshas Shelach 1987
Insights on Parshas Shelach
Be Like a Desert – Be Flexible
We are only able to accept Torah if we learn from the desert. We have to be flexible, open and accommodating.
The Right Way to Accept the Torah
Accepting the Torah out of free will
Given in the Saranac Synagogue 1987.