Moments of Time that Changes History: Parshas Bereishis documents times in history where decisions were made that changed the course of history. Two recent ones: The brothers sold Yosef. They failed Yehuda and Tamer – Yehuda was not given the option by God to fail. Previously, I spoke about another moment in history that changed …
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24 Tammuz – July 31, 2016 During this past week, there were two Yahrzeits. On 20 Tammuz was the 122th Yahrzeit of Benyamin Tzvi Herzl. In the 22 Tammuz was the 143th Yahrzeit of My great-great-great- grandfather Admor Dovid Morgenstern. I offer a Torah thought …
SHABBOS - PARSHAS PINCHOS – 24 TAMMUZ 5775 – July 11, 2015: LEADERSHIP: 20 Tammuz – 5664 – July 3, 1904 – Yahrzietof Binyomin Tzvi Ben Yaakov – Theodore Herzl 22 Tammuz- 5666 – July 17, 1873 – Yahrzeit of Admor Dovid Morgenstern. Second Kotzker Rebbe. 29 Tammuz – 5700 – August 4, 1940 – …
The Siege, The Story of Israel and Zionism This morning September 6, 2014, I saw my friend Hart Hasten in Shul. I mentioned to him that I was reading the book, The Siege, The Story of Israel and Zionism, written by Conor O’Brien, an Irish diplomat. Hart Hasten mentioned that he brought in Conor O’Brien …
July 24, 2014 The war in Gaza is continuing. Let us hope for peace and security. This morning in Daf Yomi I learned an amazing Gemara. It almost mirrors events in the Jewish world from the late 1700s to 1948. It mirrors the period of time when the students of the Besht and Gra start to move back to …
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