Korach: Blinded by Self-Interest
Korach convinced himself, like many self-serving politicians today, that his personal benefit was also the best for the people, so he challenged the rule of Moses...
Rabbi Berel Wein
Rabbi Berel Wein
Yom Kippur and Sukkot
The service of G-d takes on many different forms and nuances; thus eating on Erev Yom Kippur is considered to be somehow equal to the day of fasting on Yom Kippur itself...
Miketz: Sharing the Dream
Someone who does not share in the dream will find it difficult to identify with the dreamer or even to recognize affinity with him...
Vayera: The Ego Trap
The more arrogant and prideful a person is, the less likely it is that he or she will allow reality to alter preconceived ideas and policies...
The Most Beautiful Etrog
Walking home with Agnon, the rabbi emphasized to him how important it was to have a beautiful, flawless etrog on Sukkot, and how the beauty of the etrog...
I Made My Day!
You know that moment that makes your whole day and makes it turn out exactly the way you wanted? That's what happens when you courageously jump right into a challenge…
Changing Light Bulbs
How many of us have difficulty in changing light bulbs, especially the new halogen types? What does this symbolize in our daily lives?
Preserving Our Past
We shouldn't let current fads and transient mores cloud wisdom, traditions, and good sense of the past; otherwise, we're liable to make tragic mistakes...
Looking Ahead – 5774
The State of Israel was built on the ability of Jews living in hostile parts of the world to look forward to a time and place where they would have their own national entity...
Behaalotcha: Total Focus
We know that in the physical world the more intense and concentrated the focus of the light, the greater is its ability illuminate and reveal...
Common Sense
If one’s thought processes are not distilled through the instinctive common sense that exists within all of us, grave mistakes of judgment will continually plague us ...
The Two Sides of a Credit Card
A great problem in current Jewish society is identity theft. One's true self as a Jew, his Jewish credit card, has been stolen or lost due to ignorance and alienation. The global wave of antisemitism is forcing "lost" Jews to find and re-identify themselves.