By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: Midrash says one time Eliezer the slave of Avraham met Shem son of Noah long after the flood and asked him about their one-year journey on the ark with all the animals. Shem answered that the trip was very difficult and they didn’t have a moment […]
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By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi: In this week’s Parsha, we find a startling statement in regards to the creation of Adam. Hashem, seemingly in consultation with the angels, says (א,כו) נעשה אדם. “Let us make Man.” Clearly, Hashem did not need any assistance or advice from the Angels whatsoever. But he […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: The Chag of Sukkot serves as a reminder that we only live in this world temporarily. Just as the flimsy structures we sit in for seven days are temporary dwellings and we would never wish to end up there permanently, so too, our entire sojourn in […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: These four days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot are powerful days. The Imrei Pinchas quotes the Zohar that the Aura of Yom Kippur continues for three days afterwards, and Hashem continues to forgive the the Jewish nation, if he sees us elevating ourselves. The Chemdat Yomim […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom, People usually relax after Rosh Hashana, they figure, I have time till Yom Kippur so they let these days slide. We also think, I’m not so bad, I keep Shabbat, kashrut and all the other BIG ones, so I’m not very careful with the “little” […]