Person in the Parsha: CHAYEI SARAH

October 18, 2013

By TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“SPIRITUAL SLAVERY“

I grew up, as I imagine most of you did, believing in the basic principles of democracy. My parents and grandparents deeply appreciated the freedoms that they experienced in the United States....

Person in the Parsha: VAYEIRA

October 09, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE INN AND THE ORCHARD“

I read the story quite some time ago. It was told by a young woman who boarded an airplane early one winter Friday morning. She was on her...

Person in the Parsha: LECH LECHA

October 04, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE REUNION“

I have always found this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27), especially inspiring and instructive. It is in this parsha that we are told the story of Abraham’s aliyah,...

Person in the Parsha: NOACH

September 28, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“FILLING IN THE BLANKS“

The Torah is replete with inspiring stories of its heroes. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, to name just a few, are narrated at great length and...

Person in the Parsha: BERESHIT

September 28, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“CREATION CONVERSATION“

Anyone who has ever taught anything can confirm the adage of our Sages: “I have learned from all my teachers, but I have learned most from my pupils.”

It is especially...

Person in the Parsha: HA’AZINU (Shabbat Shuvah)

September 04, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“REPRESSION OF THE SUBLIME“

It was advertised as one symposium at a major psychology conference. It was to be a discussion about memory and forgetfulness. But it turned out to be one of...

Person in the Parsha: NITZAVIM-VAYELECH

August 30, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“REFLECTIONS UPON THE YEAR’S END“

It is the last Sabbath of this year. In just a few days we usher in a New Year, and by the time we read the next Torah...

Person in the Parsha: KI TAVO

August 22, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“WALLS HAVE EARS“

We all have our secret lives.

I don’t mean to say that each of us has a sinister side, which we wickedly act out in some deep, dark, private world....

Person in the Parsha: KI SEITZEI

August 16, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“HE IS NOT WHAT HE IS“

There is a phrase that one hears quite commonly nowadays: “It is what it is.” There is something that has always disturbed me about that phrase.

To...

Person in the Parsha: SHOFTIM

August 09, 2013

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“ANARCHY OR UTOPIA?”

Who would you consult if you wanted to know a thing or two about the perfect society? Would you ask a politician? A professor of government? A philosopher expert in...