Dec 5 | 19 Kislev | Torah Portion
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Trapped and Bickering During Covid-19
Hanukkah and Hope
The 10 Commandments of Marriage
How Not to Bore Your Date
Oldest Greek Holocaust Survivor Passes Away
Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land’
This Scares Me More Than Antisemitism
Jews in Exile, Making their Way Home
Why Are the Jewish People Compared to Stars?
Inspiring Quotes by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Why I Am a Jew
The Secret to My Parents' Magical Marriage
Hanukkah: What, How and Why
Hanukkah and the Secret to Jewish Survival
New York's Great Hanukkah Blackout
Bohemian Chanukah
Rabbi Boruch Leff is a vice-principal at Torah Institute in Baltimore. "Are You Growing?" (Feldheim), his just released book, is a must read if you want to grow spiritually. Click here for info on the book.
by Rabbi Boruch Leff
I thought jury duty was going to be waste of time. Instead it changed my life.
My father gave us the most important speech of his life.
Ten words that changed the world.
In a matter of minutes, I went from feeling hero to fool.
Let's Not Let Passover pass over
Raising our personal debt ceiling for tolerance and peace will bring down the spiritual debt of our nation.
How to make a permanent change for Leiby's memory.
For my 40th birthday, I decided to dream again.
A year after my mother's death, I couldn't bring myself to listen to music again.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
How to hype up your life.
Why did God create so many of us with faulty vision?
The secret to making lasting changes.
We should only be competitive with ourselves.
Jerry and his wife, Karen, were facing a crisis. They had moved to Wheeling, West Virginia from...
Why do we signify Shabbat's entry by lighting up the lights?
We have a difficult problem to address. Sukkot is called "Zman Simchateinu," the Season of our Joy...
Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, of blessed memory, was once walking in the corridor toward the Main Study...
Death. We never truly wish to face the fact that one day we will eventually die. Yet, we ignore it...
What does it mean that Shabbat is married to the Jewish people?
You would get the impression from a few verses in Parshas Masay that the Torah takes the crime of...
Who would write such negative, detrimental, and destructive descriptions of the Jewish people?
Passover's solution to why diets don't work.
Mystical lessons within the clouds.
"We condemn totally the infliction of suffering upon our brother animals, and the curtailment of...
The blizzard hits and life goes haywire. Understanding the mystical challenge can make it a gorgeous blanket of snow.
We all try to be perfect parents. We all know how difficult it is to be a perfect parent. And...
Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg's insights on the mourning period for Rebbe Akiva's students.
The laws of Shmita provide compelling evidence that a human being did not write the Torah.
In Israel, religious political parties generally consult spiritual leaders on a wide range of...
Have you ever felt uninspired in your Judaism? Did you ever wonder if there was some kind of...
Yes, we all are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Life and liberty come...
The topics of repentance and Yom Kippur need not be all fire and brimstone. There is much about...
Sadly, Moshe prepares to leave the stage in this week's Parsha, Vayelech. He declares that he will...
Elul. The very mention of this repentance-filled, preparatory month before Rosh Hashana, the...
Every Jew is part of Klal Yisrael, the Jewish nation.
Libraries are usually quiet places to allow for contemplation and concentration. Yet, if you walk...
How to get through life's ups and downs.
No, we will not be discussing child sacrifice, but rather, the sacrifices parents make for their...
We may not notice it as much as previous generations did due to the relative good relations with...
Seeing versus hearing – which sense would you choose?
"First, I was dying to finish high school. Then, I was dying to finish college. After that, I was...
Seeing the profundity, logic and beauty in Torah.
For the past several years, our brethren in Israel have faced terrorism of the most horrendous...
"War is a crime against humanity." "There is no such thing as a justified war." These are...
The headlines shock us. It seems like every few weeks the newspapers report more and more crime...
We know that sometimes people ignore the message and kill the messenger. Judaism actually teaches...
The first Rashi in Parshat Be'Ha'alotcha raises a puzzling question. (Loose translation): "Why...
What you see is what you get.
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