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Person in the Parsha: BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI

May 08, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“HABIT POWER“

Whenever my grandfather would visit us he would ask me to obtain the key for the local synagogue. As regular readers of this column know by now, my paternal...

Person in the Parsha: EMOR

May 01, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“INTROVERT/EXTROVERT“

Although many of his adherents deny it, he definitely had an anti-Semitic streak and was at least, for a time, sympathetic to the Nazi cause. Yet he was one of the...

Person in the Parsha: ACHAREI-MOT KEDOSHIM

April 24, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“GOOD AND RELIGIOUS“

It is a debate that goes back to the time of Plato. I have personally been discussing this issue for much of my life, particularly in my conversations with...

Person in the Parsha: TAZRIA-METZORA

April 17, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“A TIME FOR SILENCE, A TIME FOR SPEECH“

He did most of his writing and public speaking almost exactly one hundred years ago. He had no secular education, and it is doubtful...

Person in the Parsha: SHEMINI

April 17, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE STORK AND THE HERON“

I don’t think that parents tell this one to their children anymore, but they used to when I was a boy. When children once inquired about where...

Person in the Parsha: First Day of Passover

April 03, 2015

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: TSAV (Shabbat Hagadol)

March 27, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE PRACTICAL MYSTIC“

The world did not know that he was a mystic. He was an accomplished diplomat, who knew how to deal with people in positions of great power. Some characterized him...

Person in the Parsha: VAYIKRA (Shabbat Hachodesh)

March 20, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE VICTORIOUS VICTIM“

I always experience a sense of excitement when I begin a new book. I am convinced that most avid readers feel the same way. This Shabbat gives...

Person in the Parsha: VAYIKRA

March 14, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE VICTORIOUS VICTIM“

I always experience a sense of excitement when I begin a new book. I am convinced that most avid readers feel the same way. This Shabbat gives us an...

Person in the Parsha: VAYAKEL-PEKUDEI

March 12, 2015

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“BLACK SABBATH“

We were walking down the long airport corridor on the way to the boarding gate. Somehow, it seems that whenever my wife and I have a flight to catch,...