Do not worship idols is a mainstay of Judaism.  But besides the blatant idols that we can see, there is a more subtle form of idol worship which everyone struggles with.  Worship of money, worship of non Jewish ideals, worship of celebrities, worship of secularism…..and, believe it or not, there is worship of self. That […]

In the Torah portion Lech Lecha, it describes how a great sleep fell upon Avraham and he saw prophetically the horrors of exile his descendants would experience. And God told him “know for sure your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs and the people (of Egypt) will enslave them and

It is incredible how so many countries vote against Israel, trying to pressure them into another ceasefire which they foolishly think would be sustainable. The only reason they think like that is because they have no clue what life in the middle east is like!  Also, the reality is they are brainwashed and misled and

God Almighty put His holy Name on the Jewish people. We are His chosen nation. And just by being a Jew, one is automatically and unconditionally part of this great merit of being the chosen nation.   We carry the King’s Name.  We represent the King of the world.  This is an awesome thought.  As such,

A long time ago there was a nation called Amalek: the nation that first attacked the Jewish nation as we left Egypt. It was a nation that wanted to rebel against God and bring fear and doubt into the Jewish people.  Nowadays there is no longer a single nation called Amalek.  But now, any individual

Obviously we are all delighted to see any hostages released and returned to their families and we pray all the hostages should be freed very soon in good health.  But were we delighted with the hostage deal or the ceasefire? Absolutely not!   Why? Because negotiation and surrender to terrorists is NEVER a good thing.  It

From the day that G-d gave Israel His Torah, the nations of the world became jealous of the Jewish people. That is why the mountain that we received the Torah upon is called Har Sinai (sinai is connected to the world sina, hatred).  Today we experience this same hatred by many of the non Jewish

Israel spends a lot of time on the media and news trying to prove to the world how Hamas used the hospital for their terror activities….how they use civilians as human shields….everything is about convincing the world that the Jews have a right to self defense!  This in itself is very sad. We don’t have

We hear a lot of people screaming about “collective punishment” , “unproportional response” on the part of Israel towards Gaza.  Why is nobody screaming about “collective murder” and “unproportional barbarism”??  If there is no proper moral compass concerning what is good and what is evil, what is truthful and what is false, why should there

We are now in the times of what is called the birth pangs of Moshiach. This is a very difficult time for the Jewish people but in order to get through these times we must cleave to the Tzadik, to the Rebbe, and find inspiration for our faith.  Moshiach will usher in a new world