All of the stress and tragedy that Jacob faced were to bring him to an ultimate peace. Rabbi Becher shows how this is true for each and every Jew. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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As a young boy growing up in Melbourne, Australia, fall was almost non-existent and winter only meant that I had to wear shoes when playing outside and, occasionally, a parka. It never snows in Melbourne, and a brutal winter day can sometimes go down to the mid-40s. Immediately after I finished high school (in December, the beginning of the summer in Australia) I left to learn in Yeshivas ITRI in ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Vectors, Scalars and Jacob’s Angels – Vayeitzei 5780
Your spirituality is determined by where you are headed, not by where you are standing right now. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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As we enter the month of Kislev, and the weather turns colder, we start thinking about Chanukah, menorahs, latkes and donuts. Some of us, of the more nerdy variety, start to think of Philo Judeaus, the Septuagint, Alexandria and Greek tragedies. One aspect of the Greek opposition to Torah was their objection to the idea that any one people could be “chosen” or have a Divine revelation. Their campaign against ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Don’t Treat Your Children the Same! – Toldot 5780
The method of education that worked for Jacob did not work for Esau. We should not try to put all our children into the same "mold" and instead educate them in the way that is fitting for each individual one. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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I am reading “Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology” to prepare for my upcoming Torah Safaris of the Camden Adventure Aquarium and the Atlanta Aquarium. The author, although putting the word “design” in quotes, keeps using the word when talking about the incredible senses, anatomy and structure of fish that are perfectly designed, oops, adapted for its aquatic environment. Now, to me reading about the creatures of the sea (about 30,000 ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Longest Conversation in History – Chayei Sarah 5780
The Jews have been involved in a conversation for over 3000 years. It started at Mount Sinai and it hasn't stopped yet! View this video directly on Vimeo.
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One of the earliest recorded purchases of land was Abraham’s purchase of the Machpelah cave and field in Hebron for the burial of his wife, Sarah. The Torah provides us with the details of his protracted negotiations with the Hittites, Abraham’s insistence on paying “full price,” and his concern that the elders of the Hittites should agree to and witness the purchase because this was the beginning of G-d’s promise ...
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It is clear from the Torah that there are obligations of the intellect as well as obligations of action. I am the Lord your G-d, Who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall not recognize the G-ds of others in My presence. The first two of the Ten Commandments obligate us to acknowledge G-d’s existence and His involvement in the world, and to ...
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