Scared of being killed by the enemy and also scared of having to kill the enemy. Life is full of contradictions. Rabbi Becher helps sort it out for us. View this video directly on VIMEO
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Chanukah begins in a short time so here is a little historical introduction to the Chanukah festival, to which we will hopefully add some spiritual insights in the coming weeks. Approximately 200 years before the events of Chanukah, hundreds of thousands of Jews returned from the Babylonian exile to the Land of Israel. In time, they rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem and established an independent Jewish monarchy. Meanwhile in Greece, after ...
Read MoreJacob shows us the steps Jews must take when confronting their enemies. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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As a young boy growing up in Melbourne, Australia, fall was almost non-existent and winter only meant that I had to wear shoes when playing outside and, occasionally, a parka. It never snows in Melbourne, and a brutal winter day can sometimes go down to the mid-40s. Immediately after I finished high school (in December, the beginning of the summer in Australia) I left to learn in Yeshivas ITRI in ...
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Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – What I did on Thanksgiving Weekend – Parshat Vayishlach 5778
Rabbi Becher describes his Thanksgiving weekend, which he spent at the Agudath Yisrael Convention in Connecticut. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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As the weather gets colder one of the things that I have been thinking of is chapped skin. Yes, my hands get very rough and chapped. I use a hand cream on them, but, when I put on my tie I can actually feel the fabric catching on my skin! I cannot help thinking that one of the reasons my hands are chapped is because as a religious Jew I ...
Read MoreRabbi Becher explains that the Gemora describes a human as a "seeker". John Glenn, who died during the past week, represents the idea of a human being who is a seeker - who goes "beyond" and is not content on where we are. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreThe prohibition from eating the sciatica nerve reminds us that even though there is anti-Semitism today, there is hope for better times in the future. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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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, time of action and time of fun, time of going to the beach and amusement ...
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Jacob’s daughter, Dinah is kidnapped and victimized by Shechem the son of Chamor. When her brothers hear about this and enter into negotiations with Chamor, they deceive him and trick him into having all the men in his city undergo circumcision. When the men were weak and recovering, Shimon and Levi, entered the city and waged war on the inhabitants, killing the men and capturing the women and children. There is ...
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