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Person in the Parsha: VAYESHEV

November 26, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“MAN PLANS, GOD LAUGHS“

You thought your life would run smoothly, right? We all do. Then, something comes off, tragic or happy, which proves to us that life is not smooth...

Person in the Parsha: VAYISHLACH

November 20, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“JACOB’S STRATEGY: A MODEL FOR JEWISH LEADERSHIP“

Regular readers of this column on the weekly Torah portion are familiar with my style. They know that I usually focus upon some early personal...

Person in the Parsha: VAYETZEI

November 13, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“TEARS”

Many years ago, when I was studying for my doctorate in psychology, we had a number of fairly strict requirements in addition to our courses in psychology. For example,...

Person in the Parsha: TOLDOT

November 06, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“STRENGTH, PATIENCE AND HOPE“

When I was a young boy, I had two distinct images of a strong man. One was of Charles Atlas. Do you remember him? If you...

Person in the Parsha: CHAYEI SARAH

October 30, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“BETTER THE SERVANT THAN THE STUDENT“

“You can’t find decent help these days!” This is a common complaint heard in middle-class homes, particularly in Jewish kitchens during the season of...

Person in the Parsha: VAYERA

October 22, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“DYSTOPIA“

I never thought that I would begin a discussion of the weekly Torah portion by referring to a person who was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. Never, that...

Person in the Parsha: LECH LECHA

October 15, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER”

I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return home...

Person in the Parsha: NOACH

October 09, 2015

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...

Person in the Parsha: BERESHIS

October 07, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREG

“ANGELIC ADVICE”

It is a lesson that I was first taught as a schoolchild, just beginning to study Torah. But, like so many other important lessons in life, I ignored it back then,...

Person in the Parsha: VEZOT HABERACHA

October 02, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“MORE THAN JUST A MAN“

I have been an avid reader of books about the psychology of religion since I was an adolescent. I remember going to the local public library and systematically...