As we prepare our menus for Rosh HaShanah, here is a delicious chicken recipe which incorporates the siman of honey, שתחדש עלינו שנה טובה ומתוקה, would that we be blessed with a sweet new year! The dish is easy to prepare and uses fresh and healthy...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Shoftim, the Torah commands us regarding fruit trees, which may not be cut down or destroyed: כִּי-תָצוּר אֶל-עִיר יָמִים רַבִּים לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ לְתָפְשָׂהּ, לֹא-תַשְׁחִית אֶת-עֵצָהּ לִנְדֹּחַ עָלָיו גַּרְזֶן--כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ תֹאכֵל, וְאֹתוֹ לֹא תִכְרֹת: כִּי הָאָדָם עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה, לָבֹא מִפָּנֶיךָ בַּמָּצוֹר...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Re’eh, the Torah reminds us of those animals which are kosher and fit for consumption, and those which are not kosher and, therefore, forbidden to us. An animal that chews its cud and has completely split hooves is kosher. As for...
Good morning Friends, I hope that you are all well. For your information, here is the link to a new shiur presented yesterday (Monday, Aug.29). The shiur was related to Parshas Re’eh, but the shiur is essentially a Chodesh Elul shiur - topic is Elul: A...
Once again, in this week’s parsha, Parshas Eikev, we are awed and inspired by the passionate, eloquent, moving and heartfelt words of Moshe Rabbeinu, who began his career as a man “not of words.” The pasuk says: כָּל-הַמִּצְוָה, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--תִּשְׁמְרוּן לַעֲשׂוֹת: לְמַעַן תִּחְיוּן וּרְבִיתֶם,...
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In this week’s passionate, stirring, eloquent and moving parsha, Parshas V’Eschanan, Moshe continues to lovingly encourage, exhort and teach the nation from whom he will soon part. In this parsha, he reviews one of the tenets of our faith: The Aseres ha’Dibros, which were heard...
For your information, the link to today's Tishaa B'Av shiur, which I presented earlier this afternoon at the Young Israel of Woodmere, is: http://www.yutorah.org/search/?s=horowitz%2C+michal&sort=1 "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem: In Tears and Pain - Mourning the Churban" The shiur is based on Tehillim Kapitel 137...
Good morning Friends, I hope that you are all well. For those of you who are local: Please note that I will be speaking (shiur for women) this Sunday, Tishaa B'av, at the Young Israel of Woodmere, 1:30-2:15pm. I have prepared a new shiur for our day...
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָדָד, הָעִיר רַבָּתִי עָם--הָיְתָה, כְּאַלְמָנָה; רַבָּתִי בַגּוֹיִם, שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֹת--הָיְתָה, לָמַס - Alas, how is it possible that she dwells alone, the city (J’lem) that was so full of people has become like a widow! She was great amongst the nations, a princess amongst...