Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the reasons as to why the Torah was given in the desert. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreRabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the commentary of the Ohr HaChaim, who has 42 different explanations for the first verse of this week's Parsha. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreRabbi Becher explains that "freedom" is always associated with a shofar, and that the Jewish people are always free. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreRabbi Becher explains the true meaning of "Chillul Hashem" View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreRabbi Becher brings a thought from Menachem Mendl of Vorka regarding how much thought one should put into "making a living" versus the more intense thought required for actually "living". View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreWhen 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.
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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 the cycle of the sun, and the lunar calendar, based on the cycle of the ...
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Abraham’s relationship with God was rooted in a covenant, an agreement between two parties, each having obligations toward the other. Abraham and his descendants were obligated to practice circumcision, kindness and justice and to have faith in God. God in turn promised that Abraham’s descendants would maintain a special relationship with Him. They would be given the Land of Israel and would be a “blessing to all nations of the ...
Read MoreG-d recreates the world every moment, and we are supposed to emulate Him and renew ourselves at every moment, and not just do things by rote.. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Now that we are in the month of Shevat I would like to continue my theme of the laws of the land of Israel. The seventh year of the agricultural cycle, is known as Shmittah, the Sabbatical year. In Israel, no new crops are planted and only maintenance work is done on crops and trees that already exist. Farmers may not sell their produce or prevent people (or animals) from ...
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