Rabbi’s Blog

Dear Friends, Democracy is generally assumed as the best way of doing things, but what happens if the majority of a country makes a self-destructive decision?  In this week’s Parsha, […]

Dear Friends, After arriving in the desert with Moshe’s family, Yitro, Moshe Rabenu’s father-in-law, observes the scene of Moshe dealing with the multitudes of people giving them blessings, adjudicating disputes, […]

Dear Friends, This Sunday night (Jan 16, 2022), we celebrate Tu B’Shevat (Fifteenth of Shevat), one of those Jewish holidays that means little to many. Tu B’Shevat is mentioned in […]

Dear Friends, The climax of the ten plagues meted out to the Egyptians who had ruthlessly embittered the lives of the Hebrews takes place at midnight with the last and […]

Dear Friends, One of the most severe of all plagues – Barad (Hail) – is foretold with the following words: “Behold at this time tomorrow I shall rain a very heavy hail, […]

Dear Friends, “Hagiography” refers to a person’s biography that portrays them as saintly. In contemporary times, when a biography is referred to as hagiography, it is usually a derogatory term […]