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On the first day that the tabernacle was erected in the desert, Moses instructed his brother Aaron to bring the first offering on the altar, but Aaron...
The Alter Rebbe teaches that the essence of the giving of the Torah (which is in this week’s parsha, Yisro) is hidden in one strange word in the...
This morning, the man who sits next to me in shul said “have a good day” as he was leaving. I said “you too,” but I didn’t look up, hoping...
Abraham’s first son, Ishmael, became corrupted and began, at the age of fifteen, to worship idols like the Canaanites around him. When his brother...
This week’s parsha tells us that the flood that came in Noah’s days was the result of the fact that the earth was “filled with Hamas” (Genesis...
I’ve been having a hard time with my prayers since the war began. I have many friends who find prayer to be difficult, but I love to pray. Many I...
Darkness comes first. And only afterwards light. That is the way G-d created the world, as we read in the opening chapter of the Torah which we begin...
Tonight we begin the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. Shemini means “eighth,” and Atzeres means “stop.” On this eighth day and last day of the...
Yom Kippur is not simply another holiday. It is a revolutionary event that occurs once a year and completely reconfigures the universe and every...
Not one of us has been flawless throughout the past year. It is not difficult to admit that. We are human, and thus by definition imperfect. For many,...
Rosh Hashana is one week away. The Book of Life is opened, and the year ahead will be determined by the inscription that we earn through our prayers...