Would you jump into a fire for G-d like the frogs in Egypt? Harry Rothenberg wants to know how much you would push yourself beyond your boundaries to help others. View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreRabbi Mordechai Becher reads from an ethical guidebook given to all soldiers in the Israel Defense Force, and learns a major difference a Jewish army and a Gentile army. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Usually, we classify the mitzvot, commandments, of the Torah into commandments that pertain to our relationship with Hashem and commandments that pertain to our relationship with other people. There are some who had a third category, the commandments that govern the relationship between body and soul, in other relationship with the self. When we think about the commandment to remember the Exodus, we would be inclined to define it as being ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg wonders why was Moses so angry when he left Pharaoh’s palace for the final time? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreMoshe was the "Greatest Of All Time" - as well as the most humble man ever. Harry Rothenberg explains how he can be both. View this video directly on VIMEO
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Rabbi Becher's VLOG
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Significance of Every “Yud” – Parshat Va’eira 5779
Rabbi Becher describes a recent archeological find which contained the word "Yerushalayim" (Jerusalem) spelled with an extra "Yud" - and what that means to us. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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In this week’s Torah portion, VaEra, and in the Passover prayers and Haggadah, we emphasize the miraculous nature of the Exodus from Egypt. Moses’ staff became a snake, ten terrifying plagues punished the Egyptians, the Red Sea split for the Jews but drowned Pharaoh’s army and on and on. It does not appear however, that all of these miracles were necessary to expedite the redemption. God could have ended our ...
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg explains the lesson we can learn from the frogs. View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreG-d tells Moses to tell Aaron to start the first 3 plagues by hitting the water and the ground. Why couldn't Moses have done it? View this video directly on VIMEO
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This Shabbat we will be saying special prayers in the synagogue to announce and bless the new month in the following week. We do this because the concepts and lessons contained in the Jewish calendar are so central to our beliefs that it is necessary to teach and emphasize them regularly. The calendar is a reminder of the Exodus and G-d’s involvement in history, and His promise to redeem us. ...
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