Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Jacob, Esau and Risk Taking – Parshat Toldot 5778
What did Yitzchak see in his son Esau that he favored him over his son Jacob? View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Prayer = Rest = Soul – Parshat Chayei Sarah 5778
The words “prayer”, “rest” and “soul” all share the same word in Hebrew. Rabbi Mordechai Becher examines why this is so, and what is the deeper meaning of the connection between these words. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Vlog: Seeing the Good – by Being Good – Parshat Vayeira 5778
Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at Abraham the Patriarch and the City of Sodom, and then at Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, and concludes that one should see the good by being good. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Vlog: Find Yourself by “Going To Yourself” – Parshat Lech Lecha 5778
Rabbi Becher explores traveling in order to find yourself and what G-d meant when he told Abraham to “go to yourself”. 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.
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Shemini Atzeret The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot, a seven-day period for God. The first day shall be a sacred holiday when you shall not do any laborious work… The eighth day is a sacred holiday to you… it is a time of assembly when you may do no…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – What is it all about – Shemini Atzeret 5778
Rabbi Becher explains the often misunderstood holiday of Shemini Atzeret. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Symbolism and Rationale of Sukkot
Five days after the solemnity and intensity of Yom Kippur, Sukkot, the festival of joy and happiness, begins. The Torah describes the festival as follows: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the festival of Sukkot, a seven-day period for G-d: On the first day shall be a sacred holy day when you…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Significance of a Flimsy Roof – Sukkot 5778
What is the idea behind having a pathetic, flimsy roof on our Sukkahs? View this video directly on Vimeo.