Shokeling During Prayer and Study Introduction Swaying back and forth, or side to side, during prayer and study has been a conspicuous feature of Jewish religious practice for at least a millennium. It has been noted by Christians[2] and Moslems,[3] discussed at length by Jewish legal authorities,[4] and has even been discussed in medical literature.[5]…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher asks “Do we believe in ourselves?” View this video directly on Vimeo.
Their sin took place thousands of years ago, but the story of the spies still haunts us. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Becher discusses how we can make this Sunday the last Tisha B’Av. View this video directly on Vimeo.
The fast of the Ninth of Av, Tishah B’Av, is the most famous and the most stringent of all the fasts relating to the destruction of the Holy Temple and the Exile. Yet even before the first destruction and exile by the Babylonians in 421 B.C.E., the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av…
Before the first personal injury attorneys opened their offices, what happened to people who killed others negligently? View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Becher discusses Leadership, Promises and Politics. View this video directly on Vimeo.
G-d makes Bilaam’s donkey talk. But what happens next is more astonishing. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Becher has returned from sitting shiva for his mother ob”m, and discusses a minyon in the Johannesburg airport, with the Chief Rabbi of Israel and other dignitaries. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Inasmuch as I am in mourning for my mother, of blessed memory, who passed away a little more than three weeks ago, my mind is somewhat preoccupied with the concept of the soul, life, death and the world to come. The Jewish view of the human being includes both the physical and the spiritual. The…