155 Lessons

"ISRAEL DEFENDS MANKIND"- P' Dvarim- Shabbat Chazon/Tish'a bAv
his week's parsha as well as Megillat Eicha suggest an innovative answer to the age-old question: "Does the leader make anti-Semitism or does anti-Semitism make the leader?", which we ponder on Tisha bAv. Understanding Galut (exile) can precisely help us understand the bizarre coalitions of anti-Semites we see today in the streets and universities of France, England and New York. To realize the historic & international mission of Israel to defend mankind by fighting immorality and those who oppose the traditional family, religion and nationalism, represented by the Jewish-Zionist State who leads (and even doubles!) the western birthrate. Even though we still lack the Beit HaMikdash, thank G-d we are no longer in Galut, and lead the defense for morality and tradition, and fight the wars of Hashem.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 5785

Tisha B'Av
Rabbi Zev Leff | 8 Menachem Av 5784

Ask the rabbi: what are the special laws of tisha b'av?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 4 Menachem Av 5784

Geula - let it come “fast”
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 4 Menachem Av 5784

Ask the Rabbi: The Sick Fasting on Tisha B’av
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 3 Menachem Av 5784

A Little Comfort
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 3 Menachem Av 5784

Shabbos Chazon - Seeing the Divine Will in the Mitzvos
Rabbi Zev Leff | 2 Menachem Av 5784
Gentile Involvement in Our Affairs Does Not End Well
Rabbi Abraham Wasserman | 27 Tammuz 5784

Ask the rabbi: what are the special laws of the 9 days?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 25 Tammuz 5784

What We Lose in the Exile
Rabbi Chaim Avihau Schwartz | 20 Tammuz 5784

The Tablets Were Broken
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 17 Tammuz 5784

The Three Weeks
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 17 Tammuz 5784

Ask the rabbi: the 3 weeks are coming: what do I do?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 11 Tammuz 5784

What Are the Special Laws of Tisha B'av?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 5783

What Are The Special Laws Of The 9 Days? (For Ashkenazim)
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tammuz 5783

The “3 Weeks” Are Coming: What Do I Do?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tammuz 5783

Will The Temple Be Built This Year?
Every year at this time, we mourn the destruction of the Temple and pray for its rebuilding. Does this mean that the Temple will actually be built this year?
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Av 8 5782
Unleash the Torah's Shackles!
...It is interesting that one particular deficiency humbly hid itself for many generations among the other things we lacked, finding its expression chiefly in allusions of the Sages of the Kabbalah. However, in our times, it appears to be peeking out and budding forth, gradually becoming a bitter, silent, but great cry...
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Av 8 5782

Returning to the Torah of the Land of Israel
...There is a tremendous difference between the Torah of Eretz Yisrael and that of the Diaspora. In the Land of Israel, the abundance of Holy Spirit bursts out upon every Torah scholar who wishes to study Torah for its own sake – and all the more so upon a group of Torah scholars… The very source of the Exile and humiliation in the world is simply the fact that no one declares aloud the value and wisdom of the Land of Israel, and that the Sin of the Spies who spoke ill of the Land is not being corrected. There must be an appropriate response to this Sin...
Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman | Av 1 5782
