by Michael Broyde | Sep 12, 2021
Rabbi Michael J. Broyde Community Rabbi and Rosh Kollel, Atlanta Click Here for the PDF version This Shabbat returns many of us to the tragic events of 20 year ago (whose secular anniversary corresponds to this week’s parsha of וילך, September 11, 2001) when Al-Qaida...
by Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth | Oct 6, 2019
“Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: For all transgressions in the Torah, whether one repented or did not repent, Yom Kippur atones” (Yoma 85b) According to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (Rebbi), Yom Ha-Kippurim atones for all sins in the Torah, both positive and negative, regardless of...
by Emanuel Elstein | Sep 13, 2018
Rabbi David Stav Head Rabbi of Shoham Chairman of Tzohar Source sheet #1 Source sheet #2
by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein | Oct 17, 2017
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein Former Rosh Kollel, Memphis 2000-2005 Motivate Yourself! One of the main issues in education is the issue of motivation or the lack of it. The question of how to motivate ourselves,our children and our students is a crucial for continuity and...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Sep 17, 2015
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Source Sheets Food in Eden and the Desert – audio class
by Rabbi Baruch Plaskow | Jun 30, 2015
This Shabbat is a very special one, Shabbat Shuva, the ultimate preparation for the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. But as we reflect on our previous deeds and mistakes and indulge in serious introspection and repentance, we are forced to ask the most basic of...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Neria | Oct 4, 2008
Rabbi Yitzhak Neriya Former Rosh Kollel in Montreal We can learn Torah from everything that happens to us. Today, as we approach Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment), I would like to draw a lesson from the Second Lebanon War; to glean an educational insight from the...
by Rabbi Shlomo Sobol | Oct 7, 2005
We are currently in the midst of the “ten days of repentance” – “aseret yemei teshuva”. When speaking of the concept of “teshuva” there is another word that automatically attaches itself – “sheleima” (complete, perfect). This expression – “teshuva sheleima” –...