Water/Waters
On Friday this week we will celebrate Pesach Sheni, the second chance for those who were…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Sanctifying G-d’s Name – Parshat Emor 5780
Rabbi Becher learns two important lessons from the rat. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – You Don’t Need Much Faith – Parshat Acharei Mot/Kedoshim 5780
A Jew living 500 years ago needed a great deal of faith to believe that there…
Is Independence Good?
We will be celebrating the State of Israel’s 72nd Independence Day very soon (April 29nd), an…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Counting Time and Creating Time – Parshat Tazria/Metzora 5780
G-d created the Sunday-to-Shabbat week, but Jews create the weeks from Pesach until the giving of…
The Best of Times; The Worst of Times
For the Jewish people who came out of Egypt, the period between the Exodus and the…
Kashrut Without Apologies
Kashrut and Anthropology Anthropologists have viewed the laws of Kashrut as superstitious taboos, or as a…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Kashrut and Consciousness – Parshat Shemini 5780
Rabbi Mordechai Becher reminds us that when a Jew eats, he should think about what he…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Appreciating Others – Chol Hamoed Pesach 5780
While we are enjoying our quiet Chol Hamoed, Rabbi Mordechai Becher suggests that we take a…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Freedom, No Matter What – Pesach 5780
The Pesach Seder this year will be different from sedarim in other years. Rabbi Mordechai Becher…