Person in the Parsha: HA’AZINU

September 18, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“REPRESSION OF THE SUBLIME”

It was advertised as one symposium at a major psychology conference. It was to be a discussion about memory and forgetfulness. But it turned...

Person in the Parsha: KI TAVO (YOM KIPPUR)

September 18, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS“

It was the kind of thing you would hear from old men. “Things just ain’t the way they used to be.” “This new generation is going to hell...

Person in the Parsha: VAYELECH (Shabbat Shuvah)

September 11, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

 “ONE VERSE MANY LESSONS“

We met in a Jerusalem café, and I must admit that, although they recognized me, I neither recognized nor even recalled any of them....

Person in the Parsha: NITZAVIM

September 04, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“TWICE BORN“

 We have lately become accustomed to reading accounts of clergymen, teachers, and rabbis who take advantage, in very ugly ways, of the young people who...

Person in the Parsha: KI TAVO

August 28, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“WALLS HAVE EARS“

We all have our secret lives.

I don’t mean to say that each of us has a sinister side, which we wickedly act out in some deep, dark,...

Person in the Parsha: KI TETZEI

August 21, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“FINDERS, KEEPERS, LOSERS, WEEPERS?“

It is a story that deserves to be told. In order to fully appreciate it, some background is necessary, especially for those unfamiliar with the natural disaster that...

Person in the Parsha: SHOFTIM

August 14, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“KOHANIM AND KINGS“

Did you ever argue politics with an anarchist? How about theology with an atheistic communist? Well, I’ve done both and have learned a lot in the process.

Person in the Parsha: RE’EH (Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)

August 07, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“HOW AM I DOING?’“

If your child, employee, or colleague asks you that question, you can be sure that he or she is sincere, wishes to learn, and will succeed.

The...

Person in the Parsha: EIKEV

July 31, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“DISCIPLINE AND SUFFERING”

As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I have...

Person in the Parsha: VA’ETCHANAN (Shabbat Nachamu)

July 24, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“ANSWERING UNANSWERED PRAYERS“

Did you ever really pray for something you wanted? I mean, really fervently, desperately, pray hard for something that was vitally...