Person in the Parsha: MATOT-MASEI

July 29, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

 “BREAKING PROMISES“

It was a typical park bench conversation. I hadn’t seen my friend for quite some time, and we both were delighted when we ran into each other by chance...

Person in the Parsha: PINCHAS

July 29, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“AVOIDING A HATEFUL HEART“

Love is an emotion. It is a feeling, often a very passionate one, that we have toward another person, creature, or object.

Our Torah speaks of...

Person in the Parsha: KORACH

July 08, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“BETTER THEY LEARN FROM ME…“

Conflict resolution is one of the most important tasks in human relations at every level. Open up any newspaper, and you will read of schoolchildren bullying each other,...

Person in the Parsha: SHELACH

June 24, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF“

History repeats itself. I don’t know the origin of that cliché, but I do know that our Sages held a similar point of view. “Ma’aseh avot siman labanim.” What happened...

Person in the Parsha: BEHA’ALOTCHA

June 17, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“A SECOND CHANCE“

I was in a total fog during my first year in high school. I am convinced that my experience then was not unique. I entered a strange school,...

Person in the Parsha: BEMIDBAR (Erev Shavuot)

June 03, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“ELITE BY COMMITMENT“

Scholars have had a lot to say about the role of aristocracy in the course of human history. Those of us who grew up in the United States...

Person in the Parsha: BECHUKOTAI

May 28, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE WALKING TOUR“

I am the type of person who has always believed that the only way to learn about something important is to buy a book about it. For...

Person in the Parsha: BEHAR

May 21, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY, JUBILEE“

My father, may he rest in peace, worked for many years in the garment industry. He worked hard and there were times when he was without a job. I remember...

Person in the Parsha: EMOR

May 12, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE UNBURIED CORPSE“

Dead. Unburied. Abandoned. Forgotten. What can be a worse fate?

Some years ago, finished a very moving novel about the events immediately preceding World War I and the fate of...

Person in the Parsha: KEDOSHIM

May 12, 2016

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“I GET NO RESPECT“

I love visiting residences for senior citizens. For one thing, being around truly older people invariably helps me feel young by comparison. Recently, I was a weekend guest scholar...