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Person in the Parsha: Naso

May 30, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“DEFINING SPIRITUAL EXCELLENCE”

Several months ago, I came across an interesting biography of Maimonides (Rambam). It is entitled Maimonides: His Life and World, and the author’s name is Joel...

Person in the Parsha: Bamidbar

May 23, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“I CALLED HIM ‘DAD’”

Last week, on the 25th day the month of Iyar, we commemorated the 55thanniversary of his death. He was my grandfather, my mother’s father, but...

Person in the Parsha: Behar-Bechukotai

May 16, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“ALL RAODS LEAD TO THE BEIT MIDRASH”

This week, we read one of a series of double parshiyot, Behar and Bechukotai. Both parshiyot are rich in verses which lend...

Person in the Parsha: Emor

May 09, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“BECOMING A KOHEN“

In every group, there is one person who stands out as special. In childhood, it is often the kid with the greatest athletic prowess. Later in...

Person in the Parsha: Tazria-Metzora

April 25, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“PINKUS THE PEDDLER“

He was a character straight out of the novels of Charles Dickens. Scholars have long found Dickens’ attitude toward Jews problematic. The character Fagin in the novel Oliver Twist is...

Person in the Parsha: Shemini (After Pesach)

April 11, 2025

By 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 else ever did. One of...

Person in the Parsha: Pesach

April 04, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“Imagine That!”“

There was a time when I would only go out of my way to listen to speakers who were older and more experienced than I. Recently, however, I have changed my...

Person in the Parsha: Vayikra

March 28, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“SACRIFICIAL ETHICS“

Last week, we finished the Chumash of Shemos and learned about the construction of the Mishkan. Much effort and very much cooperation was involved in that difficult but necessary and important...

Person in the Parsha: Pikudei

March 21, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“A SPECIAL SPIRITUALITY”

Classes that I lead on this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Pikudei(Exodus 38:21-40:38), often evoke questions about the essential nature of religion and spirituality. My students generally...

Person in the Parsha: Vayakhel

March 14, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“Snowballs and Sacred Moments”

This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins on a familiar note. After all, it was just last week, on Purim, that we read Queen...