Preparing for the Geula 5779

 Preparing for the Geula  By Mordechai Hadad Former Shaliach in Montreal (2016-17) Currently a student in Ariel University As we get closer to Pesach, we prepare ourselves and our homes in various ways for the “festival of freedom”. The preparations that most quickly...

Happy birthday to … us!

  Arik Speaker Head of the International Mechina, World Bnei Akiva  .   Happy birthday to … us! Sometimes the connection between two stories, figures or pssukim in the Torah is not very obvious – but, like we see so many times in the Gemara, when you “scratch”...

When Good Intentions Are Not Enough – 5777

Rabbi Yonatan Rosensweig Former Rosh Kollel Melbourne (2006-2009) Currently Community Rabbi in Beit Shemesh   When Good Intentions are not enough This week, in both the parsha and the haftara, we are confronted with an uncomfortable truth: contrary to popular...

Not Just the Tuba, the Full Orchestra – 5776

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Former Shaliach in Boca Raton (1999-2007) Currently Executive Director and Community Rabbinic Scholar of Dallas Kollel   Not Just the Tuba, the Full Orchestra Unbeknownst to me, the girl I asked to my senior prom was an observer of the...