Why do we hold the kiddush cup on our palms? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreHarry Rothenberg reminds us to be careful. People are watching. View this video directly on Vimeo
Read MoreI would like to address an aspect of Chanukah which I think is a little misunderstood. Chanukah is very popular, and I think this popularity is due to many people having a misconception about it. They look at it as some type of 4th of July, some type of fight or struggle to Jewish independence, or a struggle for the Jewish people to have a freedom, and so on and ...
Read MoreWhat can we learn from the conversation between Judah and Tamar? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreLearn how to influence people (and maybe even win friends) by rebuking them properly. View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreThe underlying theme of the conflict between the Jews and the Greeks is the clash between two diametrically opposed worldviews. [In the Jewish view of reality, everything in the physical world is a reflection of the spiritual. A physical conflict is a superficial manifestation of a deeper spiritual conflict.] There are, of course, many points of contention between Jewish tradition and Greek philosophy. The spiritual essence of the Judeo-Greek conflict ...
Read MoreMany people think that Chanukah is type of a festival of political independence, freedom fighters, patriots, something like a July 4th, or whatever, Jews fighting for political independence against the Greek Empire, or something to that effect. In truth, Chanukah is really a clash of cultures. It was the Hellenistic world view versus the Jewish world view. And these two cultures were diametrically opposed. The Greeks were bothered by the very ...
Read MoreAll of the stress and tragedy that Jacob faced were to bring him to an ultimate peace. Rabbi Becher shows how this is true for each and every Jew. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreG-d wants us to go beyond our personal comfort zone - to take spiritual risks. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreWe spin the dreidel from the TOP, and we spin the Gragger (noisemaker) on Purim from the BOTTOM. Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks at the significance of this and other ideas behind the simple Dreidel. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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