Person in the Parsha: Beshalach

January 23, 2026

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“SONG OF THE SEA”

Teaching young children has always been a joy for me. One of teaching’s special advantages is the clarity that emerges from conversation with people under...

Person in the Parsha: Bo

January 16, 2026

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“FLOW”

Sometimes we feel inspired. We may be working hard, but we don’t seem to mind, because we love the work we are doing and believe in it.

Person in the Parsha: Va’era

January 09, 2026

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“COMBATTING IDOLATROUS ‘GODS’“

I recently was interviewed by one of my great-granddaughters. She is a high school student and was assigned to interview one of her ancestors. After responding...

Person in the Parsha: Vayechi

January 01, 2026

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...

Person in the Parsha: Vayechi

December 25, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“EACH ONE IS ONE OF A KIND”

I was very embarrassed by her sharp rebuke. But looking back, I realize that the lesson I learned from her brief criticism was more valuable than...

Person in the Parsha: Vayigash

December 19, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“FORGIVENESS: A JEWISH VALUE”

This has got to be one of the oldest “rabbi” jokes in the entire repertoire of American Jewish humor.

It tells us of...

Person in the Parsha: Miketz

December 12, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE”

“There are two kinds of people.” I am sure that you all have heard one variation or another of that theme.

We seem to have a well-ingrained habit of...

Person in the Parsha: Vayashev

December 05, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“NO FAVORITES ON CHANUKAH!”

Envy is surely one of the most insidious of human emotions. It is a self-destructive emotion, because it often leads a person to act against...

Person in the Parsha: Vayishlach

November 27, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“NAMELESS”

There is something special about meeting up with an old friend that one hasn’t seen in years. I recently had just such a special experience, when I spent...

Person in the Parsha: Vayetze

November 21, 2025

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“THE THANKFUL JEW”

He may or may not have been an anti-Semite, but he sure was an abrasive personality. He was my seat mate on an Amtrak train, returning to Baltimore from New...