Harry’s Video Blog – Gotta Run – Parshat Vayeilech-Nitzavim 5783
Direct from a wedding venue, Harry Rothenberg urges us all to “Keep moving…”! View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – The Fountain of Youth – Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5780
Harry Rothenberg wonders how you can extend your life. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – We Are All In a Covenant With Hashem – Parshat Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5780
Rabbi Mordechai Becher reminds us that the Torah is not for one specific type of Jew. Whether that Jew is a gardener wearing a MICHIGAN hat or a Kollel Student celebrating the completion of a mesechta of gemora, the Torah is equally for ALL Jews. View this video directly on VIMEO
A Baal Teshuvah of Whom You Have Never Heard
It’s the season for repentance, so a few words about a Jew who returned to Judaism. Sir Waldemar Mordechai Wolff Haffkine (1860 – 1930) worked with Louis Pasteur and was the leading pioneer of vaccinations in India. In fact, in Mumbai today there still exists the Haffkine Institute for vaccine research. Late in his life,…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Hashem is Good – Believe It! – Parshat Nitzavim 5779/Rosh Hashanah 5780
G-d ultimately wants what is ultimately good for us, and it behooves us to remember this in our own personal prayers. View this video directly on Vimeo.
To Be or Not to Be? The Question of Rosh Hashana
According to Jewish tradition, before God created the first human being, a debate took place in the heavenly court. When the Holy One blessed Be He came to create man, the ministering angels formed into groups, some saying that man should be created, some saying that he should not be created…[the angel of] Kindness voted…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Responsibility – For Another Jew – Parshat Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5777
Every Jew is responsible for one another and that is what makes us a nation. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Is Repentance a Commandment?
“For this mitzvah is not far from you; it is not in heaven that you shall say ‘Who will ascend for us to the heavens…’” (Deuteronomy 30:11) Nachmanides states in his commentary that this verse refers to the positive commandment of repentance. He cites two verses as sources for this mitzvah: Deuteronomy 4:30 “…you shall…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog on Parshat Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5773
National Responsibility Taking responsibility for each other is what binds the Jewish together. The covenant in the parsha is the covenant that makes every Jew a “guarantor” for each other. View this video directly on VIMEO