CategoryJudaism

In light of Hashem’s agreement to act with partiality towards the Jewish Nation, why are we also suffering from the plague like the other nations?

Meditations on freedom.

We are not in control
We are not free
We can not do whatever we want

Judaism teaches that if we begin the day with a moment of holiness, if we offer even a small portion of our time to G‑d in the morning, then that experience will affect the rest of the day, infusing it with significance and holiness.

David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef dismiss previous ruling that green-lighted tech option, while two rabbis behind it stick to their guns.

Scenes from my day as a nurse on the frontlines of COVID-19 in New York: Asked to lay tefillin on a patient; downloading the Vidui prayer; crying.

The parasha and current events.

Head of the Israeli Ohr Torah Stone network Rabbi Kenneth Brander states unequivocally that fighting the virus is more important than Jewish funeral rites.

Dose of Wisdom.

Three messages for the current world situation. The present year is תש”פ (780 or 5780) the acrostic of the first two letters reads תהא שנת (this year shall be), but what about the last letter פ? It can stand for the word por’onoot (catastrophe) or pidyon (redemption). I see por’onoot for the enemies of Am Yisrael and redemption for Hashem’s loyal children in Medinat Yisrael.

Cuddled in her father’s arms, she is snug and secure, because there is a father. Looking into the small eyes gazing up from within his arms,
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Rabbi Masoud Touboul, Chabad emissary in France and director of a girls’ school, passed away in Paris.

Rabbi Yisrael Ber Odesser, “Saba”, spoke of the Redemption coming after Purim and of the plague preceding it. [excerpts]

Rebbe Nachman teaches that “hitbodedut” – being in solitude – is the most powerful method of connecting with G-d.

‘I always fasted on Yom Kippur,’ he told a reporter. ‘I still worked, but I fasted. And let me tell you, it’s not easy making love to Lana Turner on an empty stomach.’ He was 103.

There are always at least forty-five tzadikim who maintain the world, says the Gemara. How many of them are in Israel and what does that mean?