ESTHER 5:4: Black Knight Down

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אם על המלך טוב יבוא המלך והמן היום אל המשתה אשר עשיתי לוEsther 5:4 Last time, we explained that Queen Esther risked her life by...

KEEPING HEALTHY. KEEPING CALM

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First Speaker is DR. AARON E. GLATT, MD, CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE,CHIEF, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT MT SINAI.  Second Speaker DR NORMAN BLUMENTHAL a licensed...

CORONAVIRUS: Handshake or Namaste?

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CARE FOR OUR HEALTH There are 613 precepts in the Tora. One of them is to “take care of our health.” As Maimonides explains, this...

CORONAVIRUS:  Jewish Tradition and Disease Prevention 

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Washing your hands with soap and water … kills viruses that may be on your hands.  W.H.O. A LITTLE HISTORY In 1350, Europe was hit by...

The Soft Heart of my Father in Law, Rabbi David Carciente...

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The Mishna in Pirqe Abot 2:9 says that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakai assigned five of his students with an unusual mission. Find out "what...

The Magic Word of the First Commandment

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THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD The First Commandment is not simply a preamble.It indicates a specific order to be fulfilled: recognizing God as your ELOQEJA (אלוקך). In...

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: What Does It Say?

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אָנֹכִי ה ’אֱלֹקיךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים I, God, am your Sovereign, the One who rescued you from the land of Egypt, from...

The Game of the Ten Commandments.

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ולקחתי אתכם לי לעם והייתי לכם לאלקים Shemot 6: 7 In a couple of weeks, when we get to Parashat Yitró, we will read in the...

Donald J. Trump: A President of Biblical Stature

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THE INEVITABLE END? The Jewish people were going through one of its worst crises. Jerusalem had been destroyed decades ago, in 586 BCE. Jewish...

The difference between Auschwitz and Jerusalem

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"More than 40 world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to honor the victims of Nazi extermination, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the...