Why should your synagogue be beautiful? View this video directly on Vimeo
Read MoreRabbi Becher speaks about the amazing sign he saw in the office of the renowned philanthropist Mr. Zev Wolfson Z"L. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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We will be celebrating the festival of Purim very soon, so I would like to give you an overview of the history, background and significance of this festival. The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt. The Jews had been living in Israel continually, since they first entered with Joshua. For 410 years, King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem had been the focal point of Jewish spiritual ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg asks why does G-d command the Jewish People to "take" rather than to "give" charity? View this video directly on VIMEO
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Rabbi Becher's VLOG
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Forest of Faith, Trees of Trust – Parshat Terumah 5779
When 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 ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg explains that this week, the phrase "On the Wings of Eagles..." can only be referring to a team in Philadelphia. View this video directly on VIMEO
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The Ten Commandments were inscribed on two tablets. On the first tablet were five statements about the relationship between a person and his or her Creator (G-d and parents). The second five focus on the relationship between a person and his or her peers. The design of the tablets teaches us, that in order to be complete, people must cultivate proper relationships with their peers just as much as they ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Two Equal Parts of the Torah – G-d and People – Parshat Terumah 5778
The relationship between man and his fellow man is equivalent to the relationship of G-d and His people. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreWhat do Batman and Two-Face have to do with the wood that Jacob the forefather planted in Egypt for descendants to use for the Mishkan? Harry Rothenberg makes it all perfectly clear in this short video. View this video directly on VIMEO
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