Rabbi’s Blog

Dear Friends, One of the most important and perhaps the most well-known mitzvot is, “ואהבת לרעך כמוך” Love your fellow as yourself. As the great Rabbi Akiva famously stated, “זה […]

Dear Friends, Are we better at spotting our flaws, or do our friends and family do a better job? Studies show that when it comes to alcoholism and related disorders, […]

Dear Friends, This week’s Parsha, the Torah goes through the signs of the kosher animals, the non-kosher birds, and the kosher fish. The two signs of a kosher fish are Snapir […]

Dear Friends, This year with Erev Pesach falling on Shabbat, there are various adjustments to the regular routine and halachic considerations to be aware of. Taanit Bechorot – The fast of the […]

Dear Friends, In this week’s Parasha, Moshe assembled the nation and conveyed the importance of the mitzvah to observe Shabbat. Why is the fundamental of Shabbat observance expressed primarily through […]

Dear Friends, In what is probably the most anti-climactic event in Jewish history, the nation that merely forty days earlier had heard the ten commandments from G-d at Sinai turned […]