When Jacob left Israel he brought with him saplings that he planted in Egypt, which encouraged the Jews throughout their enslavement and eventual freedom. In our times, we have brought our own “trees of hope” which we plant in the modern State of Israel. View this video directly on Vimeo.
This week we mark the beginning of Adar Rishon, or Adar 1, the additional month of a Jewish leap year. Measuring and marking the passage of time is a universal human preoccupation. At least forty different calendars are in use around the world today. The most widely used systems are the solar calendar, based on…
Harry Rothenberg explains that this week, the phrase “On the Wings of Eagles…” can only be referring to a team in Philadelphia. View this video directly on VIMEO
The Ten Commandments were inscribed on two tablets. On the first tablet were five statements about the relationship between a person and his or her Creator (G-d and parents). The second five focus on the relationship between a person and his or her peers. The design of the tablets teaches us, that in order to…
The relationship between man and his fellow man is equivalent to the relationship of G-d and His people. View this video directly on Vimeo.
What do Batman and Two-Face have to do with the wood that Jacob the forefather planted in Egypt for descendants to use for the Mishkan? Harry Rothenberg makes it all perfectly clear in this short video. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Becher explains who planted a forest of Acacia wood in Egypt, which gave hope to the Jewish slaves. View this video directly on Vimeo.
This week we begin the month of Adar, in which the festival of Purim falls. We are enjoined to begin rejoicing already at the beginning of the month. The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt. The Jews had been living in Israel continually, since they first entered with Joshua. For…
In Exodus 25:8, G-d promises the Jewish people that if they build the Tabernacle, He will dwell amongst them. But isn’t G-d already everywhere? And now that the Tabernacle and the Temples have been destroyed, where does G-d reside? View this video directly on Vimeo
The Real Test is Inside Rabbi Becher discusses why is the inner gold “more pure” than the outer gold of the holy ark? View this video directly on Vimeo