| Rabbi Asher Deren
Parshas V'Eschanan: Give Me Freedom... |  | Shabbos is freedom? Huh? What's so free about no television? Fire? Ok, that works Shabbat candles are always a nice romantic touch to Friday night dinner. Reason? Oh no... Nothing sensible in 2010 about shutting off your blackberry and walking to Shul in the rain ■ more
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| Rabbi Yossi Kahanov
Tailoring: The Fallacy Of Religious Revisionism |  | “Oh Rabbi, it’s time you got real! She may not be Jewish by your narrow (Halachic) standards, but she has a true Jewish heart, more than any Jewish woman I’ve ever met, and that includes my own mother. And just so you know, she makes the meanest chicken soup. . . That surely counts for something, don’t you think ■ more
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| Rabbi Yossi Kahanov
The Existence Of A Deeper Reality |  | The Rebbe listened patiently to his passionate presentation and in the end responded, “In my opinion it behooves you to pass up this offer.” The chossid returned home bewildered and distressed, the signs were clear that this was an exceptional opportunity to compound his wealth many fold ■ more
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| Rabbi Joshua Runyan
Anger? Leave it by the Wayside |  | | Photograph: Illustration | If anybody had a right to hold a grudge, it was Joseph. In a short span of time, he goes from occupying the highest place of honor in his father's house to the lowest dredges of servitude; and it's his own brothers, of all people, who sell him into slavery ■ more
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| Rabbi Yossi Kahanov
The Prophet Who Was Out To Lunch |  | | Photograph: Shturem | Suddenly the donkey opens its mouth and starts to talk! This should have floored him. Still, he reacts not in surprise; he does not fall off the donkey in bewilderment. No, he lashes out against the donkey instead ■ more | | | |
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| Chayei Sora: Talk is Cheap
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is |  | | Rabbi Yossi Kahanov | Photograph: Shturem | | After an impassioned lecture on the virtues of patriotism and the Marxist system of government, a local communist party leader was asked: "Sir, what would you do if you were to own two houses?" ■ read more | | | |
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| Rabbi Yossi Kahanov
Vayeira, A Foot in Both Worlds |  | | On the surface Lot seems like a real pious guy. He does everything right. He says all the right things and makes all the right moves. When the Angels show up at the gates of Sodom, Mr. Lot is right there to greet them, just like his uncle Avraham was wont to do ■ more | | | |
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| Rosh Hashana Unwrapped |  | | Rosh Hashanah is one of those great mysteries. How is it that the beginning of the year appears on the first day of the seventh month? | | | |
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| Parshas Korach |  | | This week the Torah teaches us the frightening story of how one charismatic Jew named Korach rallied and united the ENTIRE Jewish people | | | |
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| Shlach |  | | Rabbi Tuvia Bolton | | This week we read about how the Jews refused to enter the land of Israel and G-d got so angry that He almost destroyed them all. | | | |
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| Tasting Life's Bitter Waters |  | | On the Significance of the Isha Sotah | | | |
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| Behaaloscho |  | | Rabbi Tuvia Bolton | | A well-dressed middle-aged couple knocked and entered Rabbi Shvartz’s office. He immediately recognized them; they were the parents of one of his pupils. | | | |
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| Parshas Naso |  | | In the end of our long Torah portion we find a strange thing the same paragraph is repeated twelve times! | | | |
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| Bamidbar |  | | The women were shocked and furious. This woman was mocking them! Adding insult to injury!! | | | |
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| Shmitta - Depending On G-D |  | | The mitzva of shmitta deals with the cyclical nature of the world for the Jew. | | | |
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| Some Things Mustn't Change |  | | Rabbi Yossi kahanov | | Imagine what life would be like if we couldn't depend on the sun to rise in the morning? | | | |
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