Knowing Your Aleph-Beit
The Code of Jewish Law rules that one may recite the Shma in any language as…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog on Parshat Chukat 5773
The Well Song Rabbi Becher discusses why the Jews in the desert composed a song about…
Harry’s Video Blog – Who Let the Snakes Out? – Chukat 5773
The Jews are bitten by snakes after complaining again in the desert. At G-d’s instruction, Moses…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog on Parshat Korach 5773
Are We All Holy? Rabbi Becher discusses the claim of Korach that “we are all holy”…
The Reason for Reasons of the Mitzvot
A human being cannot possibly hope to comprehend the infinite wisdom of G-d, and to understand…
Harry’s Video Blog – Not You Two Again! – Korach 5773
Korach is joined in his rebellion by Moses’ life-long antagonists, Doson and Aviram. Will Moses jump…
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog on Parshat Shelach 5773
The Womb Vs. the World Rabbi Becher presents an explanation as to why the Jews in…
The Scrolls of the People
I recently attended the dedication of a new Torah scroll to a synagogue, so I thought…
Harry’s Video Blog – Do They Play Baseball in Heaven? – Shelach 5773
The Jews are told they have to spend an additional 40 years wandering in the desert….
Toward a Simpler Life
As summer approaches, I think back to one of our most memorable summer trips. Our family…