The Message of the Tablets
This Shabbos, Jewish congregations around the world read Parshas Yisro, which describes our receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. G-d made Ten Dibros, or Declarations (commonly referred to as the Ten Commandments, but by all accounts there are more than ten Mitzvos...
Rabbi Noach Weinberg, of Blessed Memory
This week, we share in the mourning for Rabbi Noach Weinberg, founder and leader of Aish HaTorah until his passing on Thursday. As I detail in a post on Cross-Currents, I attended only one of his classes (until I, much later, was involved in outreach myself) -- but...
Inauguration Week
It has been an extraordinary week, especially for those of us in the United States. Just 45 years after the 1964 Civil Rights act, we have a black President. I think that this is part and parcel of what has made the United States such a Medina Shel Chesed, kind host...
Hidden Miracles
Our Sages teach that Moshe's father, Amram, withdrew from his wife because of Pharoah's cruel decree that the midwives should kill any male Jewish child. His daughter Miriam protested, saying that because of him there would be no Jewish girls, either -- and he...
MP3 Sale, Shabbos Class, & Rabbi Winston is Back!
We have several important announcements this week! First we launch an exciting new program through our TorahMedia.com audio library. We will feature popular speakers weekly who will be teaming with us to offer their recordings, tapes and/or CDs for purchase at a...
Mourning the Destruction of the Temples and Exile
During this month, on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, we begin the period of mourning for the destruction of the Temples and the Jewish exile. In the Ashkenazic world, there are no weddings until after Tisha B’Av and enjoyable occasions and trips are minimized. The...
