Person in the Parsha: Achrei-Mot-Kedoshin

April 26, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“GOOD AND RELIGIOUS“

It is a debate that goes back to the time of Plato. I have personally been discussing this issue for much of my life, particularly in my conversations...

Person in the Parsha: Tazria

April 05, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“MY EARLIEST MEMORY”

Have you ever been asked the question, “What is your earliest memory?”

I have been asked that question many times. There was a time, long ago, when I was a...

Person in the Parsha: Shemini (Shabbat HaChodesh)

March 29, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“AND AARON WAS SILENT”

He was an old man, and in many ways came from a very different world than I. And yet he taught me more than anyone...

Person in the Parsha: Tzav

March 22, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE PRACTICAL MYSTIC”

The world did not know that he was a mystic. He was an accomplished diplomat, who knew how to deal with people in positions...

Person in the Parsha: Vayikra

March 15, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“COURTESY AND CONFIDENTIALITY”

“There is no such thing as privacy anymore.” “There are no secrets anymore.”

These are two complaints that are heard frequently nowadays.

We live in a world...

Person in the Parsha: Pukudei

March 08, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HIRSCH WEINREB 

“CELEBRATION OR REDEDICATION?”

“Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek!”

“Be strong, be strong, and we will be strong!”

The weekly portion we read this week is Parshat Pekudei...

Person in the Parsha: Vayakhel and Shekalim

March 01, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“NEITHER MORE NOR LESS”

This essay requires two introductory clarifications.

First of all, this Shabbat, we supplement the regular weekly reading, Parshat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20), with a brief passage from the beginning of...

Person in the Parsha: Ki Tisa

February 23, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“LITTLE DID I KNOW”

Birthdays are important, and the older one gets, the more important he becomes. With age, birthdays begin to stimulate ambiguous feelings.

On the one hand, every birthday is cause...

Person in the Parsha: Tetzevah

February 19, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE STIGMA OF FAME”

People are motivated by many things. The search for pleasure is certainly one of the great motivators of human beings. So are the search for power and the search...

Person in the Parsha: Terumah

February 09, 2024

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“ONE OF THE ANGELS”

My grandmother was one of the angels. Like every Jewish grandmother, she loved each and every one of her grandchildren. As her oldest grandchild, I believed that...