A Nation of Lions
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzVayigash is one of the most dramatic parshiyos in the Torah. The sons of Yaakov had strange experiences when they went to Egypt in search of food during a famine. They...
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By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz This week’s parsha,Vayechi, tells of the passing of Yaakov Avinu. The posuk states, “Vayikrivu yemei Yisroel lomus vayikra levno leYosef” (Bereishis 47:29). As Yaakov’s...
View ArticleSeeing The Spark
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAfter recounting the life stories of the avos and the arrival of Yaakov and his family to Mitzrayim, Seder Shemosintroduces us to the first leader of the Jewish people, the...
View ArticleYossel’s Rule
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzMy dear friend, Yossel Czapnik z”l, was a keen observer of the human condition. Invariably, whenever someone was found to have engaged in wrongful or detrimental behavior and...
View ArticleWith Renewed Strength
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe don’t know what the Biden presidency portends for us, but we do know that as long as we are guided by the eternal truth, we shall be safe and strong. We live in a time when...
View ArticleWe Have the Light
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week, we follow the Bnei Yisroel as they finally leave Mitzrayim and cross through the Yam Suf to freedom. Four-fifths of the Jewish people were unworthy of redemption...
View ArticleAngels of Mercy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week we lost two towering giants of Torah and avodah. Rav Dovid Soloveitchik passed away at the age of 99 and Rav Yitzchok Scheiner passed away at the age of 98. They...
View ArticleThere is Always Hope
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis past Shabbos, when we were mekadeishthe incoming month of Adar, everyone felt a tinge of happiness. We knew that the snow will soon melt and even those of us who haven’t...
View ArticleThe Secret of Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe lives we lead as Jews are unique in many ways. Take the month of Adar, for example. Regardless of what our situation is, Adar obligates us to be happy. We could be worried...
View ArticleAh Freilichen Purim
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe story of Purim is intertwined with Amaleik, the archenemy of the Jewish people. Last Shabbos, we read the passage (Devorim 25:17) referring to Amaleik and the obligation...
View ArticleResisting The Lure
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe trajectory of this country has been transformed drastically since the presidential election. With the arrival of the new administration, entire concepts have changed,...
View ArticleEvery Day a Gift
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIf there is one thing that most people learned from Covid, it is the necessity to adapt to changing situations. People had thought that they were set and had everything...
View ArticleFreedom of Living
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzNissanis here. Soon the cold will be gone, snow will be a distant memory, and the harsh weather will be a thing of the past. Landscapers will start coming around as the ground...
View ArticleFrom Maror to Matzah
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzMany reasons are given to explain the custom of children stealing the Afikomanfrom the head of the Seder and hiding it from him. One year, when the Chasam Sofer’s son Shimon...
View ArticleSavor the Flavor
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzEvery Yom Tov adds to our life. It adds holiness and emunah and brings us closer to Hashem. A Yom Tov is not simply something that we experience and then move away from, going...
View ArticleThe Gift of Speech
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzHaving just lived through a plague, we have become familiar with the deprivation it causes, even among the people not physically affected by it. One of the many costs of the...
View ArticleHoly
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week, we are blessed to be reading and learning the parshiyosof Acharei Mos and Kedoshim, which contain in them some of the basics of Yahadus. In fact, Rashi cites the...
View ArticleRecipe for Happiness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLast week, someone wrote me an email asking how we can be happy in such unsettled times. How can we be expected to smile as we live in a country where the administration...
View ArticleTears. Only Tears.
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzEverywhere in the Jewish world, people are shaken. With Covid fading, we had thought we could take a breath of relief. We suffered enough. We were shaken up and changed our...
View ArticleGood and Holy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzShavuos is the shortest of the three major Yomim Tovimwhen the Jewish people would make their way to the Bais Hamikdosh. Although the chag has only one day (and two in chutz...
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