Again Israel is under attack and the terrorists and much of the media try to turn it around and make Israel look like the aggressor.  The United Nations again turns against Israel, trying to put the blame on them.  Well, the reason for all this is because we need to do the right thing and […]

Again a horrible attack by Amalek! Yes, that is what I said..Amalek. Anyone who hates the Jews simply because the are Jews stems from Amalek. Anybody who would kidnap innocent young Jewish teens, yeshivah bochurim, just because they are Jewish is from Amalek. Isnt it about time to get rid of Amalek?? The Torah teaches

It is Adar again…..when Adar enters, we increase in joy. But this year is special because it is a leap year and we have two adars.  That means 60 days of increasing in joy.  The Lubavitcher Rebbe always said that in Jewish law, there is a concept of “botul bshishim” (nullified in 60). When there

You probably have heard the famous saying of Rabbi Akiva: V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha. Love your fellow as yourself. ​Right now we are in the time of sefirat haomer, counting the omer until the holiday of Shavuot. But during the omer is also the time when 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died from a plague because

Social media is one of the most dangerous things that we have in today’s society. Of course, it has its good points: easy to connect with family and friends; easy to get important messages out to the world etc.   As in everything, there are benefits if utilized correctly and responsibly. But the dangers are great,

Today’s generation suffers from more anxiety than most generations did in the past.  We do not, in general, have the emergency situations past generations had (such as pogroms, inquisition, holocaust, extreme poverty, starvation etc.)  But precisely our generation suffers from tremendous anxiety which makes us non functional in many ways. Why is that?     One reason

The entire world is suffering in some way or another. If it is not coronavirus, it is some other virus. There are financial woes, insecurities, anxieties, marriage problems, shidduchim problems…..there seems to be no lack of problems whatever direction one looks. Nevertheless, all of these things are part of a higher plan: the plan to

Now we have entered the month of Elul, the  month of rachamim, mercy. The time when the mercy of Hashem wakes up and we are very close to Hashem in this month. It is a time to pray for everything we need and to do teshuvah in preparation for the upcoming high holiday season.  It

Now we are in the season of our rejoicing, the Succot holiday. Chag sameach to everyone!  But what about people who find it hard to be happy? There are many people who have serious problems and find it very hard to rejoice. Some people live in places where they do not have much opportunity of

It is very sad that America runs on money.  Americans put money first and all other values second. People judge their self worth based on how much money they have. Would it not be much better to value one’s self worth based on having good character traits, how many people one helps, how large and