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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Partnership and the Talmud – Parshat Chukat 5779

Rabbi Becher is learning tractate "Bava Basra", which opens with the laws of shared living spaces, but in essence is talking about how our entire society is one large partnership, and that we should act as if we are partners with our fellow man. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Spies: Then and Now – Parshat Shelach Lecha 5779

This week's parsha and haftara has stories about spies, and on that note, Rabbi Becher speaks about several spies who worked for the Mossad and other parts of the Israeli government including: Peter Malkin, Wolfgang Lotz, Eli Cohen and other spies whose names are still classified. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – In Memory of my Mother – Parshat Nasso 5779

In this week's parsha, G-d commands the priests to bless the Jewish people. Jewish parents then took this blessing for themselves and used it to bless their children every Friday night. On the anniversary of the death (Yahrzeit) of his mother, Trudy Becher alov hashalom, Rabbi Becher looks at the blessing that a parent gives a child, and the blessings that his own parents in Australia gave to him as ...

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Why Is Judaism So “Into” the Desert? – Parshat Bamidbar 5779

Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the reasons as to why the Torah was given in the desert. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Ohr HaChaim’s 42 Comments – Parshat Bechukotai 5779

Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the commentary of the Ohr HaChaim, who has 42 different explanations for the first verse of this week's Parsha. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Liberty Bell and the Shofar – Parshat Behar 5779

Rabbi Becher explains that "freedom" is always associated with a shofar, and that the Jewish people are always free. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Creating Vacuums, Filling Vacuums – Parshat Emor 5779

Rabbi Becher explains the true meaning of "Chillul Hashem" View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Moral vs. The Savage – Parshat Kedoshim 5779

The Palestinians have shot hundreds of missiles into Israel, killing several innocent civilians, yet Israel does not respond in kind. That is because Israel is a moral nation and Hamas and the Palestinians are immoral savages. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Names Will Hurt Me – Parshat Acharei Mot 5779

Antisemitism does not happen in a vacuum. Rabbi Becher suggests that violence against Jews, such as the recent shooting in the Chabad Synagogue in Poway, happen because people dehumanize Jews, either through speech or cartoons in the NY Times. View this video directly on Vimeo.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Springtime is Pesach-time – Pesach 5779

Springtime is the season of redemption, and that is why the Jews were redeemed in the spring. View this video directly on Vimeo.