"Knock Knock!" Rabbi Becher shows how we learn common courtesy from this week's parsha, including knocking before entering, saying "Please" or "Thank you." Thank you Rabbi Becher for providing these insights to us! View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Scrolls, Artifacts and Evidence – Parshat Pekudei 5779
Rabbi Becher displays his 20 year old Megillah, and explains how it connects to the events of Purim 2500 years ago. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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As we approach Purim, I cannot resist talking about this beautiful festival. It is one of two festivals of the winter, Chanukah and Purim. While the events of Chanukah were principally a threat to our spiritual survival, Purim recalls a threat to the physical existence of the Jewish people. Haman attempted to physically destroy every Jewish man, woman and child. We celebrate our deliverance from this threat with mitzvot that ...
Read MoreRabbi Becher talks about "Getting Rid of Stuff" by not carrying on Shabbos. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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At the end of Genesis and in the book of Exodus, the development of the descendants of Jacob from a family (Genesis) into a nation (Exodus) is documented. I have been asked numerous times is Judaism a religion or a nation? Most classic religions do not only apply to a particular nation. A religion is a system of belief and a system of action, a system of thought and of ethics ...
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We are approaching spring, hopefully, but as winter continues one of the things that I have been thinking about is chapped skin. Yes, my hands get very rough and chapped. I use a hand cream on them, but, when I put on my tie I can actually feel the fabric catching on my skin. I cannot help thinking that one of the reasons my hands are chapped is because as ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – A Book is More Than Its Content – Parshat Ki Tisa 5779
Rabbi Becher looks at a 200 year-old book by Rabbi Moshe Isserles, and discovers amazing insights from the "extra" pages. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Thinking About Living, Thinking About Making a Living – Parshat Tetzaveh 5779
Rabbi Becher brings a thought from Menachem Mendl of Vorka regarding how much thought one should put into "making a living" versus the more intense thought required for actually "living". View this video directly on Vimeo.
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We are currently in the month of Adar I, and will celebrate Purim in about a month, during Adar II. Rashi tells us that the season of miracles and redemption culminating in Passover begins at the beginning of the month of Adar. This is why the Talmud tells us that “When Adar begins one should increase their happiness.” I believe that the miracle of Purim is really the ongoing miracle ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Forest of Faith, Trees of Trust – Parshat Terumah 5779
When Jacob left Israel he brought with him saplings that he planted in Egypt, which encouraged the Jews throughout their enslavement and eventual freedom. In our times, we have brought our own "trees of hope" which we plant in the modern State of Israel. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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