Vayelech 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! Yom Kippur begins Wednesday evening, October 8th (Yizkor is on Thursday, the 9th). Rabbi Avraham Bukspan recently shared with me an ...

Nitzavim 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! Rosh Hashana begins Monday evening, September 29th! Many Jews all over the world are rushing to make sure that they have places ...

Ki Tavo 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! Did you ever want to accomplish something and just couldn't gather the willpower to do it? Now Rabbi Zelig Pliskin has written his ...

Why Kosher?

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

Keeping kosher offers a variety of spiritual and practical benefits.

Ki Tetzei 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! No one is perfect. Luckily, I have lots of readers ready and willing to help me see where I fall short. And, to tell the truth, I am ...

Shoftim 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! If you were given a choice of whether you would like to be happy, would like to be rich or would like to be a wise person -which would ...

Tribute to Simon Wiesenthal

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

What is behind the man who brought 1,100 war criminals to justice?

Re'eh 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

GOOD MORNING! When most people hear the word "Kiddush" they think of the food reception following Saturday morning services. The word "kiddush" ...

Ekev 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week over a cup of coffee my friend turned to me and ...

V'etchanan 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! In this week's Torah portion the Almighty instructs the ...

Devarim 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is the saddest day of a person's life? Most likely it ...

Masay 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! My father always says that "Free advice is worth what you ...

Matot 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! We are now in the "Three Weeks" -- the period of time ...

Pinchas 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! The story is told of Napoleon walking through the streets ...

Balak 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week we completed the first section (The Nature of ...

Chukat 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! There is much confusion amongst Jews as to what we believe ...

Korach 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I was flying back to Miami from NY. I introduced myself to ...

Shlach 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Have you ever wondered why the Israeli Ministry of Tourism ...

Be'halot'cha 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I know a person who, as a child, didn't like to make his ...

Naso 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Sunday evening, June 8th, begins the two day holiday of ...

Bamidbar 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I thought that you might enjoy these observations about ...

Bechukotai 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! It amazes me how many times when I start to reply to a ...

Behar 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! You may have heard of the Darwin Awards. They are given ...

Kedoshim 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Years ago my 6 year old son was late for dinner. After a ...

Passover (first day) 5769

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This Shabbat coincides with the Seventh Day of Pesach, a ...

Pesach (seventh day) 5769

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This Shabbat coincides with the Seventh Day of Pesach, a ...

Acharei Mot 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! The first Seder is Motza'ai Shabbat, Saturday evening, ...

Metzora 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! The Seders are Saturday night, April 19th and Sunday ...

Tazria 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is love? Is it just a feeling? Does it come from ...

Shmini 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What do you really want out of life? Is it meaning? Is it ...

Tzav 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Purim is coming up this week! It is celebrated Thursday ...

Vayikra 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Remember these names: Yochai Lipshitz, Neria Cohen, ...

Pekudei 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! No one wants to see their loved ones in pain and ...

Vayakhel 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Every day we make decisions, we react, we interact, we do ...

Ki Tisa 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! The apocryphal story is told of a man at the race tracks ...

Tetzaveh 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! May your week be filled with blessings and great ...

Trumah 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

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Mishpatim 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A father of a teenager I knew had a beautiful 1965 Ford ...

Yitro 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A friend of mine went for his annual physical at age 50. ...

Beshalach 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! When is the New Year? Would you be surprised to know that ...

Bo 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is true spirituality? My beloved friend, Rabbi ...

Va'eira 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What can you say to comfort a couple who lost a baby? ...

Shmot 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This week I would like to share with you a true story. A ...

Vayechi 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Ever wonder why you do not maintain a sense of happiness ...

Vayigash 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! My friend, Sunny Goldstein, told me the story of a young ...

Mikeitz 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! The story is told of a man approached on the street by a ...

Vayeshev 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! When I was in High School (Beaverton High School), I was ...

Vayishlach 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Hanukah is coming soon - the first night is Tuesday, ...

Vayetzei 5768

by Rabbi Kalman Packouz

If you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Mark Twain wrote a fascinating article, "Concerning the ...