Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog on Parshat Balak 5773
How Goodly Are Thy Tents O Jacob Rabbi Becher explains what this beautiful verse says about Jewish homes. View this video directly on VIMEO
How Goodly Are Thy Tents O Jacob Rabbi Becher explains what this beautiful verse says about Jewish homes. View this video directly on VIMEO
The Code of Jewish Law rules that one may recite the Shma in any language as long as one understands that language. The commentaries point out that Hebrew is an exception to this rule and that one may recite the Shma in Hebrew even if one does not understand the language. The Chafetz Chaim explains…
The Well Song Rabbi Becher discusses why the Jews in the desert composed a song about a well. What does the well symbolize and is it relevant to us? View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher’s VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.
Are We All Holy? Rabbi Becher discusses the claim of Korach that “we are all holy” and its application to contemporary society. View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher’s VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.
A human being cannot possibly hope to comprehend the infinite wisdom of G-d, and to understand His motives in commanding us to do a particular mitzvah or to refrain from a transgression. It is possible, however, for the human to understand what effect the mitzvah will have on himself and on the world. Nachmanides quotes…
The Womb Vs. the World Rabbi Becher presents an explanation as to why the Jews in the Sinai Desert did not really want to go to the Land of Israel View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher’s VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.
I recently attended the dedication of a new Torah scroll to a synagogue, so I thought I would present some ideas that I wrote about in my book, Gateway to Judaism, regarding Torah scrolls. The First Scrolls Forty years after the Exodus from Egypt, when the Jewish people were finally preparing to enter the Land…
As summer approaches, I think back to one of our most memorable summer trips. Our family attended a Shabbaton where I was scholar in residence, at Kesher Israel congregation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Rabbi, the synagogue and the community, were all wonderful, warm, fantastic and incredibly hospitable. On the way there we visited the Amish…
The Extra Book The Parsha contains an entire extra book of the Torah. Rabbi Becher explores how this book is really still being written. View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher’s VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.
The Power Of Speech Rabbi Becher explores two commandments in the Parsha that inform of the incredible power of speech. View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher’s VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.