5778. The New Year. Out with the old, in with the new. We have wished each other a shana tova; we have davened for ourselves, for our families, for our people, for our land, may we all be inscribed and sealed for a gut gebentched...
We are now mere days away from Yom Ha’Din, Yom Teruah, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Ha’Zikaron: the Day of Judgement - when all of the world’s inhabitants pass before the Creator, Sustainer, Provider; the Day of the Shofar blast - wake up you that slumbers, wake...
This post is in regard to a few different matters compiled into one thread :) Regarding the Pastrami Roast recipe I sent out last week: Thank you to those of you who have made the roast and have given me your wonderful feedback! To clarify:...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Ki Savo, we learn of the obligation to bring Bikkurim - the first fruits of the shivas ha’minim (seven species [of produce] for which the Land of Israel is blessed, see Devarim 8:8) - up to the kohanim in the...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Ki Seitzei, the Torah charges us with the command to remember - זָכוֹר. We are commanded to remember what Hashem did to Miriam on the way out of Egypt (Devarim 24:9). Reminding us to recall an incident that happened years...
Rosh Chodesh Elul, 1 Elul…The beginning of the end of the year. The summer is ending, the fall is coming, 5777 is almost over and 5778 will soon begin. When Elul arrives, it behooves us to ask ourselves: What have we accomplished these past eleven months? ...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Eikev, Moshe Rabbeinu continues his masterful and powerful soliloquy to the people. He reminds us of the good Land to where we are going, he reminds and exhorts us to keep the mitzvos, he reminds us to serve and love...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas V’Eschanan, we continue the final journey with Moshe Rabbeinu, days before his demise. Moshe continues to exhort, urge, remind, direct, teach and love the people in this parsha. The language is poetic and stirring, the messages he conveys are deep...
Dear Friends, FYI, Link to New Shiur which I gave this afternoon at the YI Woodmere: Nachem: Finding Comfort from Within the Pain http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/882776/mrs-michal-horowitz/nachem-finding-comfort-from-within-the-pain/ And Link to New Shiur given yesterday morning: Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza… Are We Blaming the Wrong Guy? http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/882734/mrs-michal-horowitz/because-of-kamtza-bar-kamtza-are-we-blaming-the-wrong-guy-/ Wishing you an easy and meaningful rest...
Sefer Devarim, Parshas Devarim, Mishneh Torah… As we open the fifth and final book of the Torah this Shabbos, we come to the last days in the life of Moshe Rabbainu. Moshe, who was not a man of words, who was heavy of tongue, who was...