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In synagogue every Shabbat I see a woman who is totally bent over because she has some problem that does not allow her to ever straighten her back. I think to myself: every day we say the blessing “zokeaf kefufim” (Hashem straightens the bent) and it never had as much meaning as it does when […]

Today is Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the month known as the month of miracles and redemption. May we merit both. May this month bring each person their personal redemption from whatever problems they face, and the complete redemption of all the Jewish people and the entire world with the coming of Moshiach. And may it all

Wishing everyone a truly new year. Not just a new year in the sense of being Rosh Hashanah…but a new year, meaning a year that is very different and better than all previous years. A year of good health, of happiness, shalom bayit, parnassa , nachat and good news. But even more than that, it

The topic is not new, unfortunately. But what we hope will be new will be a much stronger response from the government to terror….and more importantly, we hope and pray that the government and all Jewish people will have the strength to stand up and say the truth to the world:  That the land of

Now that all the yomtovim are over, we are back to so called “normal” life…..but when I think back over the past month filled with so many wonderful Jewish holidays, I find myself wondering what is normal? Is it life now, or is It all those beautiful holidays where we feel so close to Hashem

Hashem created the world in such a way that there was darkness and then light .  Because the light that comes after darkness is much brighter .  Perhaps the month of Kislev is the  month  most connected to light. We have the yom tov of Yud Tes Kislev, the chag hageulah (redemption from prison )

CHANUKAH….it is all about light. The neshomah is all about light. But what is it about the chanukah menorah that draws a Jew so strongly?  We light in total 36 candles over the eight days of Chanukah. Inside those lights is hidden the light that Hashem created and hid during the first six days of

Today is the holy day of Yud Shevat, the yahrtzeit of the Frierdike Rebbe (Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe) and the day that, one year later, the Lubavitcher Rebbe took over the mantle of leadership from his father in law and became the next Lubavitcher Rebbe, the leader of world Jewry. In his first public address, the

In Adar we must increase in joy, as we mentioned before.  In general, serving the Almighty with joy is a Torah directive. In fact, if we are lacking happiness in our service of G-d, exile is the result, as the Torah says “As you did not serve G-d, your G-d, with joy and good heartedness”.

During Shavuot we read the portion in Torah about God giving us the Ten commandments.  And included in those are the commandments is “thou shalt not steal”, “thou shalt not kill”, “thou shalt not commit adultery”.   This is apropos for today’s situation of the riots taking place across America. Of course everyone needs to