Some Jewish Lessons Twenty Years After 9-11

by | 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...

The Secret of the Atonement of Yom Hakippurim

by | 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...

Motivate Yourself! – 5778

by | 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...

Broken Vessels Pleading to be Mended – 5777

by | Oct 6, 2016

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Former Shaliach in Boca Raton (1999-2007) Currently Executive Director and Community Rabbinic Scholar of Dallas Kollel   Broken Vessels Pleading to be Mended Not every biblical character manages to get himself swallowed by a whale. But if...

The Power Of Repentance

by | 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...

Let Us Take From This to Serve Hashem – 5769

by | 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...

Teshuva – 5766

by | 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” –...