When Yisro comes to meet Moshe and the Jewish Nation, he finds that Moshe is taking questions all day. Moshe explains that everyone who has a question about G-d's Laws is coming to him for the answer, and everyone with a disagreement is coming to him to know who is...

This week, we read about the formation of the Jewish people. They are taken out of Egypt to form a new nation, and the first thing the Jewish people see is an open miracle: the opening of the Sea to let them cross. Shortly after letting the Israelites go, Pharoah...

In the memory of a paragon of love for others, who reached out and shared Judaism as part of that love. Reb Dovid was a person who believed in the ideal of leaving no one behind, and who lived for that ideal. If we are to learn from R’ Dovid, it would have to be first and foremost his attribute of Ahavas Chinam, free and boundless love for others, that we emulate. Spreading knowledge of our great legacy should be merely one facet of that desire to help.

There is a world of difference between lashon hora, evil gossip, and constructive criticism. First and foremost, criticism can help us to improve. In this week's reading, Moshe is warned that he spoke badly of Israel -- he said that they will not believe him, and this...

Yaakov blesses all of his sons before he dies. But before this, Yosef takes his sons Ephraim and Menashe to see their grandfather, who gives them a special blessing -- first and foremost, by elevating them to have the same status as his own children. Throughout the...

If there is one lesson to be learned from this week's reading and those of the past few weeks, said Rav Asher Rubenstein zt"l, it is that G-d runs the world, and He has a Plan. We can either follow the plan, or we can fight the plan, but it's going to happen anyways....