Harry’s Video Blog – Don’t Forget your Coat – Toldot 5784
A lesson about sacrifice. View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – Keep Loving Them – Toldot 5783
Why do we need to be told that Esau got up and left after selling his birthright to his younger brother Jacob? View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – The Power of Prayer – Toldot 5782
Sincere prayer can move mountains. View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – The Reminder – Parshat Toldot 5781
Has Isaac’s blessing to Esau haunted or assisted the Jewish people? View this video directly on VIMEO
It’s Night and Day
With the long winter nights now starting so early, I have started to think about day and night and their significance in Jewish thought. We know that in secular law, the calendar day starts and ends at midnight, however, in Jewish tradition the day starts the evening beforehand. So for example, Shabbat, starts Friday evening…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Jacob, Esau and The Dangers of Education – Toldot 5781
A child MUST be educated according to the needs of the child. Rabbi Becher explains the disaster that ensued when this rule wasn’t followed for Esau… View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – Brotherhood – Toldot 5780
Just think what could have been… View this video directly on Vimeo
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Don’t Treat Your Children the Same! – Toldot 5780
The method of education that worked for Jacob did not work for Esau. We should not try to put all our children into the same “mold” and instead educate them in the way that is fitting for each individual one. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Aquariums and Ikarim
I am reading “Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology” to prepare for my upcoming Torah Safaris of the Camden Adventure Aquarium and the Atlanta Aquarium. The author, although putting the word “design” in quotes, keeps using the word when talking about the incredible senses, anatomy and structure of fish that are perfectly designed, oops, adapted for…
Harry’s Video Blog – Stay Thirsty My Friends – Parshat Toldot 5778
In this week’s Parsha, Jacob brings his father a surprise gift while impersonating his twin brother. Tune in to Harry Rothenberg’s Parsha Blog to find out what it was. View this video directly on VIMEO