November 21st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb “Who am I?” This is the most powerful question that a person ever asks himself. For many of us, there are no easy answers to that question. We are uncertain of ... Read More →
November 15th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I recently returned to one of my former communities. I was approached by a participant in a short introductory Bible course that I gave over 20 years ago. A former student ... Read More →
November 8th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin The fascinating marriage of Isaac and Rebecca – from the circumstances surrounding their arranged nuptials to the devastating family split over their twin sons’ bitter rivalry – contains vitally important lessons for couples ... Read More →
November 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb This week’s Torah portion, Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) tells the story of what was the world’s first dystopia, Sodom. We first encounter this “nightmare society” in last week’s parsha, Lech Lecha. There, ... Read More →
October 25th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return home to New York. The plane ... Read More →
October 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin What is the connection between Adam’s existential state of aloneness and the tragic social isolation that results from the Tower of Babel, when one universal language is replaced by 70 languages, leading to ... Read More →
October 11th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin Oftentimes, things and people are not what they appear to be. Even our most profound statement of faith, “Sh’ma Yisrael” [Deut. 6:4], is recited while covering one’s eyes with one’s hand, so that ... Read More →
October 4th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin “…in order that your ensuing generations will know that I had the People of Israel live in sukkot when I took them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord, your ... Read More →
September 27th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Lessons from the Book of Jonah By Shlomo Riskin “…for this reason I hastened to flee to Tarshish, for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, with much kindness, and relenting ... Read More →
September 20th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Shlomo Riskin “And [Nehemia] said to them, ‘Go, eat delicious foods and drink sweet beverages, and send portions to whoever has nothing prepared, for [Rosh Hashanah] is holy to our Lord. And do not be ... Read More →
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Pinkus was a Holocaust survivor Read more →
By Shlomo Riskin ‘And when Moses heard [Aaron’s argument] it Read more →
By Shlomo Riskin “…God made the people take a roundabout Read more →
By Shlomo Riskin The Passover Seder we will be soon Read more →
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As we get older, our Read more →
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