by Yedidya Bejell | Sep 12, 2021
Yedidya Bejell Former Shaliach in Chicago (2007-8) Currently a structural engineer “You stand this day, all of you, before the L-RD your G-d—your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel, our children, your wives, even the...
by Rabbi Yehuda Susman | Nov 5, 2020
By Rabbi Yehuda Susman Former Rosh Kollel (Chicago, 1999-2002) Currently Rosh Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi Click HERE for the PDF version In Parshat Netzavim the Torah introduces us to the Mitzva of Teshuva, repentance (V’shavta ad Hashem – Devarim 30:2). Teshuva represents...
by Jeff Kupferberg | Sep 12, 2018
Jeff Kupferberg Oleh from Montreal, friend of Torah MiTzion Concealed and Revealed The Torah explains that what is hidden is for Hashem and what is revealed is for us and for our children. How are we to understand this verse? הַ֨נִּסְתָּרֹ֔ת לַה’ אֱ-לֹקינוּ...
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 Hanoch Shalev | Sep 28, 2016
Hanoch Shalev Former Shaliach in Melbourne (2003-04) Rosh Hashana Around The Corner – Be Prepared! “If I catch you smoking”, I was warned, “we’ll send you for a week of volunteering at Dr. Ploni’s Oncology Department”. This, I would have thought, is the appropriate...
by Rabbi Yakov Nagen | Sep 28, 2016
Rav Yakov Nagen Ram in Yeshivat Otniel Love Still Stands a Chance The Sefer Yetzirah (Chapter 1, Mishna 1) relates that God created the world with a story. This teaches us that life itself is an ongoing story, and a true story does not end. Five years ago, on...
by בת שרות | Sep 10, 2015
Emanuel Elstein Former Shaliach in Washington (2003-4) and Memphis (2010-12) When I was in a summer camp in Memphis, I heard a great line from the local fixit man, who also happened to be a preacher: “If you aim low you have nowhere to go. If you reach...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | Jun 30, 2015
A story is told in Greek mythology about Sisyphus the king of Corinth who angered Zeus king of the gods. As punishment, he was to hoist a mighty rock up to the top of a mountain and rest it upon its peek. Unfortunately, Sisyphus could never complete this task since as...
by Rabbi Benjy Levy | Jun 28, 2015
Rav Benjy Levy Dean of Jewish Life & Learning of Moriah College in Sydney Parshat Nitzavim begins with a grandiose declaration by Moshe on the final day of his life uniting ‘heads of tribes, elders, officers, men, children, women and converts… from woodchoppers to...
