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About the Author
Rabbi Noson Weisz
While studying at the famed yeshivas of Chaim Berlin, Lakewood and the Mir in Jerusalem, Rabbi Noson Weisz also received a degree in Microbiology from the University of Toronto, MA in Political Science at the New School for Social Research and his LLB from the University of Toronto. Rabbi Weisz is currently a senior lecturer at Yeshiva Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem.
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Mayanot on Prayer #1: I Pray Therefore I Am
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe commandment to prayer bequeaths to man the sense of his own significance that enables him to perform all the other commandments with dedication.
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The Soul #3 - Ten Sefirot
by Rabbi Noson WeiszUnderstanding the building blocks of spiritual entities.
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Holy of Holies
by Rabbi Noson WeiszIt is the holiest space in the Jewish world. It is also the holiest space inside each one of us. The Holy of Holies. Plunge the depths...
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The Soul #4 - To Catch a Thief
by Rabbi Noson WeiszAn in-depth, Kabbalistic view of the makeup of the soul, and the impact of sin.
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An Issue of Trust
by Rabbi Noson WeiszParshat Mikeitz overlaps this week with the celebration of Chanukah. Interestingly, it brings up an issue that defines the very essence of the ...
Of Second Chances
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThis week's Torah portion has two major themes: - The first is the sale of Joseph by his brothers, his arrival in Egypt and the vicissitudes of ...
Nothing Personal
by Rabbi Noson WeiszJacob became very frightened and it distressed him. (Genesis 32:8) All the commentators are bothered by an obvious question. God had promised ...
The Splendor of the Night
by Rabbi Noson WeiszJacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. He encountered the place and spent the night there because the sun had set... (Genesis ...
The Red Badge of Cruelty
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe major theme of our Torah portion introduces and explains the origin of the historic conflict between Jacob and Esau. The enmity that Esau ...
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The Doubting Heart
by Rabbi Noson WeiszPurim changed our relationship to God from being driven by fear to being driven by love.
When Love is Not Blind
by Rabbi Noson WeiszMost of this week's Torah portion is devoted to the story of the marriage between Isaac and Rebecca. There are several questions that present ...
Gently Down the Stream
by Rabbi Noson WeiszAnd it happened after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham," and he replied, "Here I am." And He said, ...
Guarantees of Faith
by Rabbi Noson WeiszOn that day God made a covenant with Abraham saying, "To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, ...
Paradise Lost
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThis week's Torah portion -- which relates the story of the great flood and of the events that lead to the building of the Tower of Babel -- ...
The Determinism of Free Will
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe most important single creation described in Genesis is the creation of the first human being. Most of the confusion in the world stems from the ...
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Festivals of Spring
by Rabbi Noson WeiszPassover offers the spiritual opportunity to move from hesitant faith to empowering knowledge.
From Ruins to_Hope
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe renewal of the Jewish Nation in our time offers an unprecedented chance for unity.
The power of Words
by Rabbi Noson WeiszAnd this is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, bestowed upon the children of Israel before his death. (Deut. 33:1) A close examination of ...
Soul Symphonies
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe Shabbat before Yom Kippur is widely known as Shabbat Teshuva, the "Shabbat of Repentance." Jewish tradition maintains that the ...
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Rabbi Noson WeiszSome of the most powerful verses in the entire Five Books of Moses are in this week's Torah portion. The way the Jewish calendar is set up, we ...
Ties That Bind
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"If a man marries a woman and lives with her, and it will be that she will not find favor in his eyes, for he found in her a matter of ...
Tell It On the Mountain
by Rabbi Noson WeiszSee, I present before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing: that you hearken to the commandments of the Lord, your God that I command you ...
Working for a Living
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"And I implored God at that time, saying: My Lord, God, You have begun to show Your servant your greatness and Your strong hand, for what power ...
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The Spark of Freedom
by Rabbi Noson WeiszPassover affixed within the collective Jewish soul the commitment to build a better world free of cynicism and moral confusion.
Word Power
by Rabbi Noson WeiszMoses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the Children of Israel saying: 'This is the thing that God has commanded: If a man takes a vow to God or ...
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Why Judgment?
by Rabbi Noson WeiszOn Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment, we don't spend the day pleading for our lives to be spared. Why not?
The Power of A Curse
by Rabbi Noson WeiszAlthough this week's Torah portion is named "Balak" after the Moabite king who initiated the dramatic incidents recorded in it, the story ...
Follow the Leader
by Rabbi Noson WeiszContrary to popular belief, the people of Israel accepted Moses as the prophet, the only human being authorized to transmit God's laws, not because ...
To Believe or Not to Believe, That Is the Question
by Rabbi Noson WeiszJewish tradition teaches us that when a person dies, he is summoned to appear before the heavenly throne and asked to account for all his evil ...
Orienting to the Right Express
by Rabbi Noson WeiszIn this week's portion, the Torah sets forth the laws of Shmita, laws that basically ban all forms of productive agricultural activity every seventh ...
The Patterns of Life
by Rabbi Noson WeiszParshat Kedoshim rounds out the Torah's treatment of sexual offences by listing the consequences of engaging in the various forbidden sexual ...
The Scapegoat
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"The goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities..." (Leviticus 16:22) Our Parsha begins with the discussion of one of the most ...
Sticks and Stones
by Rabbi Noson WeiszIt is quite impossible to appreciate the worldview of Judaism without having some familiarity with the concept of lashon hara, literally "evil ...
Soul Call
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"And He called to Moses, and God spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying..." (Leviticus 1:1) The verb "to call" in ...
Festivals of Spring
by Rabbi Noson WeiszSpringtime is a liberation, both physically and emotionally.
How Tolerance Can Lead to Destruction
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThere are two sets of curses in the Torah. One set is recorded at the end of the Book of Vayikra in Parshat Bechukotai, and the latter part of our ...
Judgment or Feeling: Will the Real You Please...
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all your cities..." (Deut. 16:18) Parshat Shoftim is the first Parsha that we ...
How to Look for Holiness
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel, on the other side of the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite the Sea of ...
Spiritual Enviromentalism
by Rabbi Noson Weisz"God spoke to Moses saying: Pinchas, son of Elazar, son of Aaron the Kohen, turned back My wrath from among the children of Israel, when he ...
Run For Your Soul
by Rabbi Noson WeiszIt happened when Pharaoh sent out the people... (Exodus 13:17) All the commentators are perplexed by this verse. Why does it say "when ...
Give Me Liberty; Give Me Death
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe Book of Bamidbar up to our Parsha is a record of the doings of the Exodus generation marooned in the desert in punishment for the commitment of ...
How to Digest Miracles
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe story of the spies dominates this week's Torah portion. The major Torah commentators take a fairly uniform approach towards the underlying ...
The mystery unraveled
by Rabbi Noson WeiszFor the next few weeks, the Torah portion read in Israel will be different than the Torah portion read in the rest of the world. For the weekly ...
Does the Best Man Win?
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThis week's Torah portion completes the description of the separation of the tribe of Levi from the rest of Israel, a process begun in last week's ...
Jewish Meritocracy
by Rabbi Noson WeiszThe bulk of the Book of Numbers is devoted to telling the story of the Jewish people's 40-year sojourn in the desert. It contains very few ...