There is something incredible hidden in plain sight in this week’s Torah portion. View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreHere is Joseph’s manual for how to act and how not to act after you have been wronged by someone. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreWhat can we learn from Judah’s epic confrontation with Joseph? View this video directly on VIMEO
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The Jewish calendar includes six days of fasting. Four of these days are linked to the destruction of the Temples and the exile of the Jewish people. These will be the focus of the following chapter. The other two, the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, and the Fast of Esther, Ta’anit Esther, will be considered along with the holidays to which they are closely related: Yom Kippur with the High ...
Read MoreDo you believe in the resurrection of the dead? Rabbi Becher does, and he shows how it has happened throughout Jewish history. View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreIt is so hard to admit when we are wrong. View this video directly on VIMEO
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Calling Antisemitism What it Is: Jew Hatred – Vayigash 5780
The Jew-haters want to see the Jews DEAD, but the Chanukah candles remind us that Jews are here to stay, and the Jews will continue to bring LIGHT into the world. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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I recently gave a class on a Thursday night at a shul in Monsey on Forshay Road. Tragically, that was next door to the site of a horrific anti-Semitic attack this Chanukah. I taught using some ideas from two great Rabbis of Prague, the Maharal and Rabbi Yechezkel Landau (Noda BiYehudah). Prague was an extraordinary center of the Jewish community and Jewish learning. In Prague, the Altneu Shul, has been ...
Read MoreRabbi Mordechai Becher explains that it is the failure (the darkness) that produces the greatest success (light). As the Gemora says, "because I fell, that is why I got up!" View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreHow does Judah manage to say all the right things to the powerful "stranger" running the country of Egypt? Tune in to Harry Rothenberg's Parsha Blog to find out. View this video directly on VIMEO
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