The Great Journey

Yedidya Bejell Former Shaliach in Chicago (2007-8) Currently a structural engineer אֵ֜לֶּה מַסְעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצְא֛וּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם בְּיַד-מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת-מוֹצָאֵיהֶ֛ם לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל-פִּ֣י...

Cities for Our Children – 5777

Rav Reuven Spolter Former Community Rabbi in Oak Park Detroit Currently a Jewish Studies Instructor and administrator at the Orot College of Education in Elkana   Cities for Our Children Rabbi Berel Wein once related that when they were building the new building...

God-Wrestling in the Footsteps of Jeremiah

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Imagine two children playing hide and seek; one hides but the other does not look for him. G-d is hiding and man is not seeking. Imagine his distress. Reb Baruch of Medzhibozh (Quoted in Souls on Fire, p. 84) Coined in the 1970’s by Arthur...

Not to be Side-Tracked

Parshat Mas’ei starts by mentioning the 42 stations that the Jewish people made in their Journey through the dessert. The fact that all the Meforshim struggle to explain the reason for mentioning these places indicates the fact that the Torah left this reason...