Lessons on Shlach Lecha
Who is your tour guide?
Who is your tour guide? That makes all the difference.in how you deal with the Giant problem.
Rabbi Yonatan Kirsch | Cheshvan 7 5782
How Not to Desecrate Shabbos
The story of the mekosheish, the man caught gathering wood on Shabbos, in Parshas Shelach, contains a host of conflicting and unusual midrashim. The story also serves as a springboard for many halachic and hashkafic issues.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 19 5781
For God's Sake Don't Go To Israel
Israel National Torah
Clarifying the spies' argument for not entering the Land of Israel...and then clarifies why it's so important to enter the Land anyway.
Baruch Gordon | Sivan 22 5781
Confidence
One of the fundamental tasks of any leader, from president to parent, is to give people a sense of confidence: in themselves, in the group of which they are a part, and in the mission itself.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Siavn 22 5781
The "Can-do!" People
The Torah is not a book of Fairy Tales. Fairy tales almost always have happy endings, but not every story in the Torah has a happy ending.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Sivan 22 5781
The land of Israel
The land of Israel has always posed a problem for the Jewish people. On one hand, it is and always has been our national homeland. On the other hand, the record of the Jewish people in the land of Israel, and their behavior and attitudes, has often been a spotty one.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Sivan 21 5781
The Holey Donut
What brocha should I recite before eating a donut? Does it make a difference whether it is an American-style, hole-in-the-middle donut or an Israeli-style jelly donut? Must I separate challah from the donuts I am frying for Chanukah? I just purchased a donut shop that is quite distant from any Jewish community. Must I make sure that challah is taken?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 20 5781
