Harry’s Video Blog – Can You Hear the Screams? – Parshat Noach 5778
Noach follows G-d’s precise instructions to build the ark. Harry Rothenberg wonders how praiseworthy was that? View this video directly on VIMEO
Fall and Winter
I am here in New Jersey, getting colder and being more windblown as fall is in full fling and winter approaches. Winter gets very bad press in general. You know, people talk about someone reaching the winter of his days, in other words, he is shriveling up and dying. Winter is the opposite of summer,…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Floods, Hurricanes and Appreciation – Parshat Noach 5778
We have just experienced storms and floods in many parts of the nation. Rabbi Becher explains how we have to have appreciation even when we get out of bed and step onto the dry floor of our homes. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Harry’s Video Blog – King of the Jungle – Noach 5777
Noah is late one time to feed a lion, and he pays a stiff price. Why? View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – A Light or a Window? – Parshat Noach 5777
Noah was told to put a “tzohar” in the Ark. Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses whether this word means a “window” or a “light” and what the practical difference can mean for our own lives. View this video directly on Vimeo.
A Healthy Winter!
It is just after the festival of Sukkot and I am already feeling the onset of winter here in New Jersey. There is a Yiddish greeting that people say after Sukkot, “Gezunta vinter,” “Healthy winter” which obviously anticipates the coming of the cold. Winter generally gets very bad press in the world as a whole….
Harry’s Video Blog – Punctuation Saves Lives – Parshas Noach 5775
By merely moving a couple of commas, we can dramatically change how we view Noach. View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – Installing Skylights – Noach 5774
There is some debate as to what Noach used to allow light into the ark. But both possibilities are illuminating for us. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s Vlog on Noach 5774
True Offspring: Rabbi Becher shows how the Torah encodes a major life lesson using a subtle structural change in the order of a sentence. View this video directly on Vimeo.