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Person in the Parsha: Ki Tisa

March 07, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“THE MASKED MAN”

As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday celebrations and the weekly Torah reading, I have long been perplexed by the proximity of...

Person in the Parsha: Tetzevah and Zachor

February 28, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“SELF-ESTEEM, JEWISH PRIDE… AMALEK”

This column is a product of my experience with two of my mentors, one who passed away relatively recently and the other who passed away long before I was...

Person in the Parsha: Terumah

February 21, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“A PLACE FOR RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE”

It was at a post-graduate seminar many years ago that I first became aware of the distinction many make between “religion” and “spirituality.” The members of the seminar...

Person in the Parsha: Mishpatim

February 14, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“AMONG THE SINS OF MY YOUTH”

Famous men have said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” There are various opinions as to whom to attribute this wise saying, but...

Person in the Parsha: Yitro

February 07, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“THE POWER OF COMMITMENT”

Back in the days when I was a pulpit rabbi in Baltimore, Maryland, I made it my business to meet with every bar mitzvah boy...

Person in the Parsha: Beshalach

January 31, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“SONG AND SPIRITUALITY”

 This week, we read Parshat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16). It narrates the miraculous splitting of the sea and the sublime song of praise composed by Moshe and...

Person in the Parsha: Bo

January 24, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“WHAT DID THEY DO TO DESERVE THAT?”

 There are questions that people ask when they have experienced great disappointment. One such question, a theological one, is, “What did I...

Person in the Parsha: Va’era

January 17, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“FROM SUCCESS TO SELF-WORSHIP”

In preparation for this week’s parsha column, I did a search for famous quotes about success. I found hundreds of examples of high-sounding praises of...

Person in the Parsha: Shemot

January 12, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“MOSHE RABBENU, OUR TEACHER” 

We know him as Moshe Rabbenu, Moses our Master, Moses our Teacher, Moses our Master Teacher. Such a title certainly tells us a great deal...

Person in the Parsha: Vayechi

January 01, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“WHAT?! CRITICIZE THE MACCABEES?!”

Chanukah is now more than a week behind us, so I figure that I can share with you some of the sequels of the Chanukah story. Sorry to say...