Mitzvot are incredibly powerful, even if done for the wrong reasons. View this video directly on Vimeo
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I recently observed the Yarhzeits (yearly anniversary of the passing of a relative) of my parents of blessed memory. Unfortunately due to the current circumstances I was not able to say kaddish for them. Thank G-d in the last couple of weeks I have been able to attend a minyan again, albeit outdoors, socially separated and with a mask, but a minyan nonetheless. I recited kaddish at the first minyan ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – On Book Burning and Political Correctness – Parshat Chukat/Balak 5780
No one suffers more from the lack of intellectual discourse and the enforcement of politically correct speech more than the Jews. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreIn the midst of the attempt of Balak and Bilam to destroy the Jewish people, the angel of G-d reminds them not to hurt animals. Rabbi Becher wonders why and why now? View this video directly on Vimeo.
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The Seventeenth of Tammuz, this coming Sunday, occurs exactly three weeks before Tisha B’Av and is the next most significant fast day. The Mishnah states: Five things happened to our ancestors on the 17th of Tammuz — The First Tablets were broken, the daily offering ceased, the walls of Jerusalem were breached, the evil Apostomus burnt a Torah scroll, and an idol was set up in the Sanctuary. The first calamity to ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg asks "What is most important to you?" View this video directly on Vimeo
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Observant Jews recite blessings over virtually everything. Before and after we eat and drink, upon waking in the morning, after using the bathroom, when lighting Shabbat candles, and so on. What is a blessing and what is its purpose? The standard format of the blessing, baruch atah Hashem - blessed are you G-d, Elokainu, our G-d, melech haolam, King of the Universe, followed by specific details of the occasion or circumstance ...
Read MoreThey are a nation that dwells alone…” (Numbers 23:9) Most commentaries understand this as a prediction that the Jewish people will not be considered the same as other nations and will not be given equal standing. However there are some who understand this as an imperative to actually be different. Rabbi Menashe Klein was asked about traditional Jewish clothing and ruled that this verse actually obligates Jews to dress differently ...
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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.
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