Growing Up in On the Fast of Gedaliah 5784

The Milestones Along the Way to the New Year

5784 – The Year To Dissolve Delusions

We Are All Standing Tall

We Are All Standing

Sins are not Swept Under the Carpet; They are Forgiven

Hanging From A Tall Tree

Do Not Fear

Chadu hashta, b'hai shata, d'vei ra'ava v'leit za'afin

Just Cry For Joy

Always Quietly

Do Not Curse

The Rule of Death

Sensing the End

Counting from Beginning to End

Emuna: Feet on the Ground, Eyes to the Heavens

The first verse in the Torah tells us that G-d created the world. A man of faith is an optimist: His faith is neither hollow and vague, nor a naïve platitude that everything is great – but rather the clear recognition that the world is not wanton, and is "positive" in its essence. Good will always find its way to victory. This is an existential, spiritual sense – but its fingerprints are clearly felt throughout the course of our everyday lives.

The Beginning of History

...With the arrival of the Exodus, a new era dawns upon humanity. The month of Nissan is when time was essentially born in the world, as the Torah declares: 'This month is for you the head of the months, the first for you of the months of the year" (Sh'mot 12,2). In Nissan, history sets out on its journey. From now on, there is a beginning, there is renewal, and there is the beginning of historic memory...

Livelihood from Heaven

Don’t Exaggerate!

There Will Not Be A Civil War!

(Told to the students of the Hesder Yeshiva in Holon)

(Told to the students of the Hesder Yeshiva in Holon)