About the Author

Rabbi Abba Wagensberg

Rabbi Abba Wagensberg is a disciple of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, and is a popular lecturer in Jerusalem and throughout the Jewish world. Originally from New Jersey, he now lives in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The Jewish Ethicist: The Angry Manager

The Jewish Ethicist: The Angry Manager

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Is anger an acceptable tool for a manager?

Growing Like a Tree

Growing Like a Tree

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! The Tiferet Shmuel (vol. 1) begs forgiveness for...

One Extra Day

One Extra Day

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Greetings from the Holy City of Jerusalem! Throughout the week of Sukkot we are instructed to...

The Active Attachment

The Active Attachment

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! The Torah says, "You shall make [literally, "make for...

Guaranteeing a Good Year

Guaranteeing a Good Year

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! The Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is...

Eradicating the Bitter Root

Eradicating the Bitter Root

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha is always read close to Rosh...

The Snake Oven

The Snake Oven

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The three keys to spiritual success.

An Out Loud Prayer

An Out Loud Prayer

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha discusses the mitzvah of "first...

Lunar Modules

Lunar Modules

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! Parshat Ki Teitzei begins by describing a scenario in...

Two Kinds of War

Two Kinds of War

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's portion begins (Deut. 21:10) with a...

Reward of Long Life

Reward of Long Life

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha discusses the mitzvah of Shiluach...

Emotional Alignment

Emotional Alignment

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! The beginning of Parshat Shoftim cautions the judges...

The Mind's Eye

The Mind's Eye

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In the opening verse of this week's parsha, Moses...

Spiritual Nourishment

Spiritual Nourishment

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha contains the verse, "...Not by...

The Essential Command

The Essential Command

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! One of the highlights of Parshat Va'etchanan is the...

The Iron Furnace

The Iron Furnace

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha is always read on the Shabbat...

When Victory Is Assured

When Victory Is Assured

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week we begin Deuteronomy, the last Book of the...

Focus in the Exile

Focus in the Exile

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha, Masei, describes the journeys of...

Jewish Soldiers

Jewish Soldiers

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Bridging the gap between mind and heart.

Cultivating New Leaders

Cultivating New Leaders

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha contains the explosive story of...

A Different Destructive Approach

A Different Destructive Approach

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! Parshat Balak tells the story of a Moabite king named...

Global Influence

Global Influence

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha describes how the Moabite king...

Fifteen Quick Mistakes

Fifteen Quick Mistakes

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! One of the primary topics discussed in this week's...

Passing the Test

Passing the Test

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! Among the many topics discussed in Parshat Chukat, we...

Clinging to the Light

Clinging to the Light

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha tells the story of a man named...

Motivation of the Spies

Motivation of the Spies

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's parsha, God tells Moses, "Send...

The Good of the Land

The Good of the Land

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha deals with the story of the spies...

Of Ants and Grasshoppers

Of Ants and Grasshoppers

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's portion, Moses sends spies to scout the...

Life's Second Chance

Life's Second Chance

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha discusses the topic of Pesach...

Eliminating the Spiritual Waste

Eliminating the Spiritual Waste

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Greetings from the Holy City of Jerusalem! As we near the end of the Ten Days of Repentance,...

The Tishrei Unit

The Tishrei Unit

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Greetings from the Holy City of Jerusalem! The month of Tishrei incorporates the three major...

The Essential Bones of Joseph

The Essential Bones of Joseph

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week, as there is no regular Torah reading, we...

Why Is This Exile Different?

Why Is This Exile Different?

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One of the most famous elements of the Passover Seder is the "Ma Nishtana" paragraph, more...

Hungering for Meat

Hungering for Meat

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's parsha, we find one of the most...

The Triple Pattern

The Triple Pattern

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! One of the highlights of Parshat Naso is the Priestly...

The Torah's Three Elements

The Torah's Three Elements

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Hard work, happiness and humility are the keys to success in Torah learning.

Of Love and Pain

Of Love and Pain

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! Parshat Bechukotai contains a series of blessings and...

The Joy of Opportunity

The Joy of Opportunity

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Why we don’t lose when performing mitzvot.

The Omer and Peak Potential

The Omer and Peak Potential

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Shaking off layers of self-centered physicality and materialism in order to elevate our existence.

The Great Rule of Torah

The Great Rule of Torah

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's Torah portion, we find the famous...

The Holy Separation

The Holy Separation

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's parsha (Leviticus 18:3), God charges...

The Twofold Shabbat

The Twofold Shabbat

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's Torah portion primarily deals with the...

Seven Fatal Mistakes

Seven Fatal Mistakes

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's Torah portion contains the dramatic story...

To Hear God's Call

To Hear God's Call

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's Torah portion begins with God speaking to...

The Struggle to Build

The Struggle to Build

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Moving forward, during the light and the darkness.

The Wise Approach

The Wise Approach

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's parsha, Moses tells the Jewish people...

The Cleansing Water

The Cleansing Water

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha discusses the copper basin that the...

Taking the Blame

Taking the Blame

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's Torah portion describes the infamous...

Symbolic Clothes

Symbolic Clothes

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Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! In this week's portion, we find a detailed description...

Total Integration

Total Integration

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The Torah encompasses the whole.

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