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    Ways of Redemption

    Redemption From Egypt to Redemption Today

    The prophets of Israel have clearly told us that our redemption is a certainty and will occur. How this will happen was never spelled out for us in detail.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Tevet 20 5782
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    Torah and Daily Life

    No Opinion

    In my younger days, I had great certainty about life, people, events, and the future. It soon becomes quite evident that in many circumstances, having no opinion is not only the safer path in life, but in most cases, it is also the wiser one.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Elul 16 5781
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    Various Events

    Choices

    As often happens when I sit down to my computer to write this weekly opinion article, I am faced with several choices as to the subject that the article should be.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Av 19 5781
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    Various Subjects

    People

    It has often been stated that no individual person is indispensable. In spite of all rumors to the contrary, the world continues to go on apace even after we have departed from the scene. Yet, there is an important caveat to this corollary.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Av 5 5781
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    Understanding Circumstances

    On Becoming a Prophet

    We certainly live in dangerous and uncertain times. There is no question that previous certainties in life and society, that we once took for granted and assumed would always be part of our daily existence, have now been called into great question and clouded with doubt.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Tammuz 27 5781
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    Additional Lessons

    Secret Numbers

    In our cashless credit card world, we have all been introduced to the concept and necessity for secret numbers. This presents a challenge, because it is not easy to remember different numbers, especially numbers that you do not use every day.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Tammuz 20 5781
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    Various Events

    Email

    We live in a time when written letters and even typed letters are no longer the main means of communication. Everything today is done by either mobile phone or electronic mail.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Tammuz 13 5781
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    Israel and the Nations

    Failure

    The interviewer asked Thomas Sowell if he thought that there was anything in the behavior in Jewish society that the Jewish people could themselves correct to mitigate anti-Semitism.Surprisingly, he said that he would have one piece of advice for Jewish society, “fail!”.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Tammuz 7 5781
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    Current Events

    No News

    news is really not news, but it is a great deal of opinion, bias, and bitterness that brings divisiveness amongst the listeners whom it is meant to serve.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Sivan 28 5781
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    Shlach Lecha

    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 zt"l | Sivan 21 5781
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    Family and Society

    Sirens

    One of the many skills that those of us living here in Israel rapidly acquire is the ability to discern between the different sounds of similar-sounding sirens.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Sivan 14 5781
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    Various Subjects

    A Lost Custom

    For most of my life, I was accustomed to visiting people in their homes and in receiving visitors in my own home. My generation communicated with each other by letter correspondence or face-to-face personal visits.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Iyar 21 5781
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    Wedding and Sheva Berachot

    the Book of Complaints

    My wife and I labored long and hard over the invitation list and over the seating arrangements for the wedding dinner. We invested a great deal of effort and energy in trying to make sure that, to the best of our ability, everyone would be satisfied, and no one would be unduly disappointed.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Iyar 3 5781
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    Miscellaneous

    The Few and the Many

    he Torah teaches us that our great teacher Moshe, even after writing the Torah, had ‘ink left in his quill.’ I do not, God forbid, pretend to resemble Moshe in any meaningful way, but I also have some stories left over that will not appear in the book.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Shvat 25 5781
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    Yitro

    A Human Justice System

    One of the basic lessons learned from Parashat Yitro is that there is no perfect system of justice if it involves human beings and judges.

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Shvat 21 5781
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    Articles on Current Events

    The Anti-hero

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Shvat 19 5781
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    Understanding Circumstances

    An Addiction Cured

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Shevat 5 5781
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    Additional Lessons

    The Lost Computer File

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Kislev 9 5781
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    Klal Yisra'el

    Jewish Growth

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Cheshvan 24 5781
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    Wedding and Sheva Berachot

    A Tale of Two Weddings

    Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Cheshvan 7 5780
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