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Sam CohenThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
A wealthy man, known for his vast holdings and lifelong pursuit of more, left behind two letters before his death. He instructed his family that the...
The missiles may fall over Israel, but the fallout no longer remains confined to the Middle East. Since October 7, the war against Israel has...
Rabbi Berel Wein once shared a story he had heard from the editor of a major American newspaper. The editor explained that as long as he held his...
There are things a person cannot honestly say he has forgiven. A friend once shared with me that the most difficult prayer for him is not one said in...
There are places a person enters—and places he was never meant to stay. On the holiest day of the year, the Kohen Gadol steps into the Kodesh...
In the geography of time, as we move from Nisan into Iyar, we arrive at a landscape not of arrival, but of becoming. If Nisan was a sudden burst of...
What we are witnessing is not merely instability, but the construction of pressure—a strategy of economic suffocation that turns global dependence...
In tribute to Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, my Rabbi during my time at Yeshiva, whose lifelong devotion to the sanctity of speech—reflected in his works,...
We tend to think of a home as a place that contains life. The walls hold; the rooms shelter; what happens inside remains private. The Torah suggests...
“Holy” is not an easy word for the modern ear. It can sound distant, austere, even antiquated — a relic from another religious age. In our...
A man once came to the great Chassidic master, Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch, deeply troubled. His business had collapsed, his home was filled with...
As we approach Pesach, the story of Pharaoh speaks directly to our present moment—a warning about what happens when leadership refuses to...
Sefer Vayikra opens with a quiet, measured order—an unfolding sequence of offerings brought to the Altar. Bulls, sheep, birds, and even a humble...
Late on a Friday afternoon, as the sun dipped low over the rooftops of Berditchev, a wagon driver hurried into the synagogue. He was breathless. Dust...
What brings people together is not sentiment. It is shared purpose. Parshat Vayakhel opens not with emotion, but with order. “Moses gathered all the...
When I became Bar Mitzvah, the big day finally arrived. Not the aliyah.Not the speeches.Certainly not the fountain pen. Anyone who knows me knows...
Parashat Ki Tisa is unsettling not because of the Golden Calf, but because of its timing. This was not a people emerging from spiritual darkness....
In the geography of the sacred, there is a quiet but profound movement from the visible to the invisible. If the garments of the High Priest represent...
From the fig leaves of Eden to the golden threads of Tetzaveh, the Torah reveals that fashion is the ultimate mirror of the soul. In the lexicon of...
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