Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s Vlog on Parshat Behar 5774
Rabbi Becher discusses the importance of pressing the Reset Button. View this video directly on Vimeo
Modern Miracles – Behar 5774
Two events in modern Jewish history of enormous significance occurred during the period between Passover and Shavuot — the founding of the State of Israel on the 5th of Iyar, 5708 (May 14th 1948) and the liberation of the Old City of Jerusalem by the Israel Defence Forces on the 28th of Iyar, 5727 (June…
Countdown to Sinai – Emor 5774
The Jewish people’s journey toward nationhood began on Passover. The Exodus redeemed them from physical slavery and subjugation, but they still lacked a national identity and purpose. This was conferred upon them only later — when the Jewish people both heard and saw the words of God at Mt. Sinai. In those moments, the newly…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s Vlog on Parshat Emor 5774
Rabbi Becher discusses the Sweet and Sour Days Between Pesach and Shavuot. View this video directly on Vimeo
The Eisodus and the Exodus – Pesach 5774
Passover celebrates a historic event – the redemption of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. God intervened in history, punished the Egyptian slave-masters and took His people Israel out of Egypt with miracles and wonders. With the Exodus, God created the physical entity known as the Jewish people and laid the way for their…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s Vlog on Pesach 5774
Rabbi Becher discusses the Lessons of Egyptian Oppression. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Blood – Parshat Acharei Mot 5774
Rabbi Becher discusses the prohibition of eating blood. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Pesach 5774
Matzah is the food of a humble slave, who does not have time to let the bread rise, and who eats foods that will leave him feeling full for hours afterwards. (Orchot Chaim on Haggadah) For this reason, matzah is called “the bread of affliction”. (Deuteronomy 16:3) The fact that the Jewish people ate slave…
The New Moon – A Festival Every Month – Metzora 5774
The concepts and lessons contained in the Jewish calendar are so central to our belief that it is necessary to teach and emphasize them regularly. One of the ways in which Jewish tradition makes us aware of the cycle of the calendar and brings home its messages is by celebrating every new moon, Rosh Chodesh,…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s Vlog on Parshat Metzora 5774
The Good and the Ugly Rabbi Becher discusses the lessons of leprosy and the beauty of the good. View this video directly on Vimeo.