שִׁוִּיתִי יְהֹוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד “I have placed the Lord before me constantly” – Psalms 16:8 Last week I received the new biography on the life of Rav Avrohom Yitzchak Kook by Rabbi Yehudah Mirsky, titled, “Rav Kook – Mystic in a Time of Revolution”. It was very exciting for me. I heard my first lecture …
Category: Divrei Torah
Toras Shemos 2013: Moshe – Leadership, Identification, and Responsibility
11. Now it came to pass in those days that Moses grew up and went out to his brothers and looked at their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man of his brothers. יא. וַיְהִי | בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וַיִּגְדַּל משֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל אֶחָיו וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי מַכֶּה אִישׁ עִבְרִי מֵאֶחָיו: …
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Parshas VaYishlach
Chapter 34, Verse 1: 1. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land. וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָרֶץ: Rashi says on this Passuk: And not the daughter of Yaakov. However, because of her going out she …
Parsha Vayeitzei
Notes for Chumash Shiur to be given at Anshe Sholom on 11/7/13 at 4:50 PM and hopefully at the Bais Ment at the Glenners. Thanks to Rabbi David Wolkenfeld for giving me the time to give a Chumash Shiur. I plan to speak on four Verses: Torah Thought #1: Chapter 28, Verse 19: Source: Beautiful Dvar Torah heard from Rabbi …
Toras Chaya Sorah
During the week, no words of Torah hit me on this week’s Torah portion of Chaya Sorah. However, Shabbos morning, I needed a walk, and decided to walk to Anshe Sholem for health reasons and hear the Torah of the Synagogue. I ended up walking 4 miles and decided to go to my regular Synagogue …
The Torah of Boca Raton Synagogue is refreshing and truly Toras Hashem
I was in Boca Raton helping take care of my grandkids for the last week and a half. It was very nice. I was there for Parshas Noah and Parshas Lech Lacha. I had a bad cold for Noah so my Shabbos was muted. Lech Lecha I was back on my game and Boca Raton Synagogue had some great …
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Whirlwind of Simchos
TIME I had a wonderful May and June. It was a whirlwind of family Simchos and I was able to visit with most of the family. The kids are going to be okay. I met a number of Rabbonin and people much greater than me, including but not limited to: Rabbi Jonathan Gross, Rov of …
Korach (and family email)
This is an e-mail sent to my family on 6/29/2008. A beautiful Vort on this week's sedra is in the e-mail. From: Mitch Morgenstern Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:35 PM To: Mitch Morgenstern Subject: Update It has been a while. I hope everyone if fine. It is a quarter-end at work and I am …
Pesach 2013
I would like to wish everyone a holiday that is joyous, festive, and inspiring. Mazel Tov to Daniel and Chayala Glenner of the birth of a son, and to Menachem Mendel and Shoshana Janowski on the birth of a son. Daniel and Chayla named thier baby Yehoshua Nissan, after Chayala's great - grandfather and a …
The Kotzker Rebbe and the Crimean War:
Expressions of love for Jewish soldiers I saw this Vort from the Kotzker mentioned in Harry Maryles’s Blog, Emes V’emunah, by a commentator named Ephraim. I have not seen this Vort in a sefer, but it is true to the Kotzker and keeping with the feeling of his responsibility to the entire nation of Israel. The Kotzker said: …
