About the Author

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, a frequent contributor to Aish, is a Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University and an internationally recognized educator, religious leader, and lecturer. He is the author of 19 highly acclaimed books with combined sales of over a half million copies, A much sought after speaker, he is available as scholar in residence in your community. See his website at rabbibenjaminblech.com.

Click here to purchase Rabbi Blech’s new book, Hope Not Fear: Changing the Way We View Death.

The Moon Landing, 50 Years Later

The Moon Landing, 50 Years Later

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How can we explain mankind’s unquenchable thirst to discover what lies beyond our earthly home?

Messages from Your Loved Ones After They’re Gone

Messages from Your Loved Ones After They’re Gone

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Obsessed with death, a child of a Holocaust survivor creates an app that enables you to leave meaningful messages to loved ones.

Yesterday: The Beatles, The Movie and the Torah

Yesterday: The Beatles, The Movie and the Torah

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How could the world forget the Beatles?

Harvard’s Mistake

Harvard’s Mistake

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Doesn’t Harvard believe in forgiveness and redemption?

Burnout, Shavuot and Living with Purpose

Burnout, Shavuot and Living with Purpose

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Pursue meaning, not happiness.

Mount Everest and Mount Sinai

Mount Everest and Mount Sinai

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It is not the mountain that we conquer but it is ourselves.

The “New Germany” and the Kippah

The “New Germany” and the Kippah

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The government’s recommendation not to wear a kippah everywhere is an appalling reminder of a Holocaust strategy that failed.

The Best and Worst Commencement Speech of 2019

The Best and Worst Commencement Speech of 2019

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Oprah’s wise words and hitting rock bottom at NYU.

Lag B’Omer: Seizing Your Life’s Mission

Lag B’Omer: Seizing Your Life’s Mission

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Lag B’Omer is a remarkable enigma.

Kate Smith and the Game of Thrones' Latte

Kate Smith and the Game of Thrones' Latte

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A Starbucks latte in medieval England is merely ludicrous. Destroying lives and legacies without taking into account historic context is a far more serious distortion.

The Miracle of the Red Sea in Our Lives

The Miracle of the Red Sea in Our Lives

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How God lets us know that the events of our lives are not haphazard coincidence.

When Your Child is the Wicked Son

When Your Child is the Wicked Son

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We need to have faith not only in the Almighty but faith in our children.

Zachary Baumel’s Burial

Zachary Baumel’s Burial

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The entire nation came together to mourn.

Ilhan Omar, the Benjamins and Purim Today

Ilhan Omar, the Benjamins and Purim Today

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The Purim story’s warning of enemies who seek our destruction assumes such powerful relevance today.

Should We Forgive the ISIS Women?

Should We Forgive the ISIS Women?

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Mistakes should indeed be forgiven; crimes need to be punished.

Racism and Anti-Semitism: Why the Disparate Response?

Racism and Anti-Semitism: Why the Disparate Response?

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Why does racism, even from decades ago, end careers, but blatant anti-Semitism gets a pass?

Ted Bundy, Revulsion and the Holocaust

Ted Bundy, Revulsion and the Holocaust

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Are we losing our ability to feel horror at the face of pure evil?

Defaming Martin Luther King

Defaming Martin Luther King

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Michelle Alexander has given new meaning to the word chutzpah.

The New Gillette Ad: Be the Best Mensch You Can Be

The New Gillette Ad: Be the Best Mensch You Can Be

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Why Gillette’s new ad is creating quite a stir.

Saying No to Cremation

Saying No to Cremation

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We should not do to ourselves what our enemies have done to us – to burn the last remnant and reminder of people we loved.

My Father, FDR and the Rabbis March

My Father, FDR and the Rabbis March

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A Gallup poll omitted in new Holocaust exhibit shows that most Americans heard the voice of their consciences even though their President didn’t.

Why Hanukkah: 4 Insights Everyone Should Know

Why Hanukkah: 4 Insights Everyone Should Know

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Including the meaning of the oil and why turning it into the Jewish Christmas as antithetical to the holiday.

Keeping American Jews Jewish

Keeping American Jews Jewish

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American Jews don’t have to fear hate as much as they have to fear love.

Forgiveness after the Pittsburgh Massacre

Forgiveness after the Pittsburgh Massacre

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God does not forgive those who do not acknowledge that they did wrong and renounce the sinful behavior.

Why We Didn’t Win the Lottery

Why We Didn’t Win the Lottery

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And the remarkable true story about the stolen winning lottery ticket.

The Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

The Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

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A celebration of life in a house of God turned into a bloodbath.

Judaism and Death: Five Surprising Ideas

Judaism and Death: Five Surprising Ideas

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Your days are numbered, but it’s not the end.

Hating Men: A Response from Rabbi Blech

Hating Men: A Response from Rabbi Blech

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Can you hold off on my lynching until we discuss this in a more rational manner?

Hating Men: The New Racism

Hating Men: The New Racism

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Bigotry is unacceptable, except, it seems, when it comes to knocking men.

The Bucket List and Rosh Hashanah

The Bucket List and Rosh Hashanah

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Facing our mortality should drive us to fulfill our unique mission in the world, not jumping out of a plane.

Why Multitasking is Bad for You

Why Multitasking is Bad for You

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Studies show that multitasking is damaging our education, work performance and life.

The #MeTooMovement: When Men are the Victims

The #MeTooMovement: When Men are the Victims

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Innocence or guilt requires careful deliberation, no matter the gender of the accused.

Stopping Too Soon: The Tragedy of the Israeli Runner

Stopping Too Soon: The Tragedy of the Israeli Runner

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A timely message for the month of Elul.

Apple: The Trillion Dollar Company & Rosh Hashanah

Apple: The Trillion Dollar Company & Rosh Hashanah

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How the most successful company in American history went from near bankruptcy to stunning achievement.

Charles Krauthammer and Being Told You’re Going to Die

Charles Krauthammer and Being Told You’re Going to Die

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Miracles from God still happen in spite of medical predictions. I am a case in point.

The Lemmings and the Jews

The Lemmings and the Jews

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Why are so many Jews willing to side with our executioners and side with those who openly seek our destruction?

Next Year in Jerusalem?

Next Year in Jerusalem?

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Next year in Jerusalem – L’shanah haba b’Yerushalayim!

Jewish Heroes and Shavuot

Jewish Heroes and Shavuot

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The power of Torah is the influence of the giants of our past to shape the dreams and the aspirations of our future.

Jerusalem Day, the US Embassy & Shavuot

Jerusalem Day, the US Embassy & Shavuot

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The amazing events of this year’s calendar.

Jews, Hats & Modern Anti-Semitism

Jews, Hats & Modern Anti-Semitism

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The only antidote to anti-Semitism is pro-Semitism.

Natalie Portman’s Insult to Israel

Natalie Portman’s Insult to Israel

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And her timing could not have been more inappropriate.

Israel and the Secret of 70

Israel and the Secret of 70

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The number 70 was singled out for special attention in ways that make this Yom HaAtzmaut particularly meaningful.

The Oscar Nominated Film about the Four Sons at the Seder

The Oscar Nominated Film about the Four Sons at the Seder

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One young man, whose parents thought him wicked and simple, turned out to be truly wise and changed the course of history.

Stephen Hawking and a Great Man’s Imperfections

Stephen Hawking and a Great Man’s Imperfections

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Stephen Hawking’s death is the loss of a great man, but a man with great flaws.

The U.S. Holocaust Museum and Revoking Honor

The U.S. Holocaust Museum and Revoking Honor

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When moral heroes betray the very ideals for which they were singled out for tribute.

Roger Bannister and Breaking the Four Minute Mile

Roger Bannister and Breaking the Four Minute Mile

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What achievement do you wish you could accomplish but consider physically impossible?

The Olive Branch on the Temple Mount

The Olive Branch on the Temple Mount

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Two American Congressmen discover it’s a crime to bend down and pick an olive branch on this sacred spot.

Mordechai, Reincarnation & Jewish Pride

Mordechai, Reincarnation & Jewish Pride

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The response to a world filled with anti-Semitism must be pride, not submission.

Three Secrets of Olympic Champions

Three Secrets of Olympic Champions

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The keys to Olympic success are the tools we need to fulfill our potential.

The Cape Town Water Crisis and Hating Israel

The Cape Town Water Crisis and Hating Israel

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Demonstrating the irrationality of hatred, Cape Town rejected Israel’s offer to help forestall their crisis.

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