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Parshas Tezavah 2000
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
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 remarry....
Parshas Vayishlach 2000
The nations of the world call us Yaakov but the truth is that we are Yisroel.
Being a Good Citizen
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...
We make the Difference, Kol Nidrei 2000
On this Yom Kippur we must all be aware of the following fact. The big decisions that will be made in the world will not be made in the Knesset. They will not be made in the White House. They will not be made in The United Nations. They will be made in Shul! Yes, our...
Parshas Pinchas 2000
A thought for the week on Parshas Pinchas
Parshas Balak 5760
A thought for the week on Parshas Balak
Parshas Behaaloscha 2000
A thought for the week on Parshas Behaaloscha
Parshas Shelach 2000
Insights on Parshas Shelach
The Power of Community
Whatever the individual problem, learning disabilities, dysfunctional households, or lousy schools it is possible to survive if there is a safety net of community. (2001)
The Intrinsic Holiness of the Jewish Soul
Why is Kidoshim Tihyu not a mitzva? Because every Jew is intrinsically holy!
Parshas Vayechi 1999
We have to find our individual calling, our brocha and our individual purpose in this life.
Parshas Vayeishev 1999
On Chanukah the world saw the light that we can shed if we can only work together.
Parshas Toldos 1999
Yaacov saw the big picture. Esav couldn’t get past a bowl of beans. This is both the story and the message of this week’s Parsha.
From Preaching to Practicing
Someone told me a joke on Friday. There were two brothers living together. One was a medical doctor and the other was a Rabbi with a Ph.D. in Theology. Someone called the house and asked for Dr. Schwartz. "Which one?" asked the housekeeper, "the one who practices or...
My Neighbors Neshama, Kol Nidrei 1999
I rewrote my Kol Nidrei Drosha today. Actually you rewrote my Kol Nidrei Drosha today. Rav Yisroel Salanter once commented that we have a natural tendency to worry about our own physical welfare and be very concerned about the welfare of our neighbors Neshama. Our...
The Kehilla of Our Dreams, Yizkor 1999
Two Kohanim were once racing toward the mizbeach. Each one wanted to do the service. Each one wanted the Mitzvah. One Kohein reached the Mizbeach seconds before the other. The loser took his ritual knife and stabbed the other Kohein in the heart. Everyone present...
The message of Chanuka – How Our Actions Affect the Entire World
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