Tag: Challenge

Jewish n’ Joyful: Dancing in the Rain (Rabbi Chanan Antony Gordon)

August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 parsha

A Rabbi’s Tip on how Getting Through Hard Times! Check out or newest podcast episode with former Harvard graduate, Rabbi Chanan (Antony) Gordon shares the secret on how to get through challenging times. He teaches how to stop worrying and start living. See Rabbi Chanan’s latest video here: https://youtu.be/lw9ylf5-_dI?si=GxUPOpOORim88wyw Sponsor: An Incredible English-Hebrew Mishnah Berurah…

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Inspiration on Parshas Re’eh: Reach Your Potential!

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 parsha

You Can Reach Your Potential – Just like Moshe! In this week’s Parsha, Moshe says, Re’eh anochi nosen lifneichem hayom bracha u’klala – see, I have placed before you today two potential paths to take in life. The Medrash says that re’eh anochi literally means see me. Moshe was adjuring the people to be like him. He was telling them Re’eh…

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Parsha Knowledge Parshas Eikev Inspiration: Keep on Fighting!

August 18, 2024August 18, 2024 parsha

This week’s Parsha begins, “V’haya eikev tishmo’un – If you will listen to Hashem with your heel.” This sounds very strange. It’s possible to be attentive and to listen with one’s ears but how can someone listen with his heel? What precisely does this mean? This is also the only Parsha that is named for a part…

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Parshas Vaeschanan: Health at Sinai

August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha the Torah commands us, V’nishmartem Meod Linfashosichem Ki Lo Reisem Kol Temunah… – we must take care of and safeguard our health because when Hashem came down to Sinai he didn’t come down in a form or image. The Torah is charging us to be strong and healthy when serving Hashem….

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Watch the 2024 Tisha B’av Video with Rabbi YY Jacobson

August 12, 2024August 13, 2024 parsha

Rabbi YY (Yosef Yitzchak) Jacobson is one of the most popular speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences around the globe, and serving as a teacher and mentor to thousands. In this Tisha B’av clip, Aryeh and Rabbi YY discussed how to be happy in dark times and emotionally and…

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Parshas Mattos-Masei: The Journey of Life

July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, the Torah recounts the journeys and encampments of the Jewish people. The Jewish people made many stops along their journey in the desert. It was an arduous trek filled with many tribulations and challenges that helped strengthen and fortify Hashem’s nation. I would like to share with you an incredible idea…

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Parshas Balak: A Story of Hope

July 17, 2024June 28, 2024 parsha

Every morning, we recite the prayer of Ma Tovu. It’s the first prayer that we recite upon entering the synagogue. It’s a beautiful prayer… However, the fact that we say this is very strange. This prayer emanates from a very contaminated and wicked source. This prayer comes from Bilam, an evil man, who wasn’t even…

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Parshas Chukas: Smoking on Yom Kippur

July 10, 2024June 27, 2024 parsha

This week’s Parsha begins Zois Chukas HaTorah – This is the statute, the law of the Torah. This pasuk is referring to the peculiar and strange law of the Parah Adumah – the red heifer. When a person was impure, the Kohen would sprinkle ashes of the Parah Adumah upon him, which would then purify…

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Parshas Korach: How to Have Successful Relationships

July 3, 2024June 27, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, the Torah starts, “Va’ikach Korach ben Yitzhar ben Kehas ben Levi – Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehas, the son of Levi took.” There is a question here – what did Korach take? The Torah doesn’t specify that Korach took anything! The Meforshim say, Lukach es atzmo –…

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Parshas Shelach – The Mistake of the Spies

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, we learn about the mission of the spies. They were charged to spy out the land of Eretz Yisroel. Despite being great individuals, the spies failed miserably. They gave a false and negative report of the land. How did they make such a mistake? They were such great people! I heard…

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