Tune Out the Static
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Jewish history is an ongoing cycle of high peaks and low valleys.We arrive in a new country, get acclimated until we feel we belong, and then the eternal hatred begins to...
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By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week’s parsha of Shelach is one of the most perplexing and tragic parshiyos of the Torah. A group of twelve leaders were selected to check out the land Hakadosh Boruch Hu...
View ArticleA World of Lies
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe Chovos Halevavos,in discussing the ongoing battle with the yeitzer hora, writes that his objective is “le’ameis hasheker,” to make what is false appear to be the truth. In...
View ArticleHoly Stones
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIt was a year and a half since I had been on an airplane or gone on a trip. I didn’t miss it. I got used to staying home and enjoyed it. The last time I took a trip anywhere...
View ArticleBameh Atem Yehudim?
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzBalanced and clear vision is necessary to navigate life’s paths. We live in a world where things rarely are what they appear to be.In this week’s parsha, we learn how Bolok...
View ArticleA Call to Us
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe have experienced so many tragedies recently and they show no sign of letting up. Klal Yisroel was particularly affected by Covid, losing so many to the new disease that...
View ArticleLonging for Home
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzGolus. It is all we have ever known. We have been buffeted about, from country to country, sometimes treated better, sometimes treated worse. When things don’t go well, we...
View ArticleHomesick
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe way we observe the restrictions of the nine-day period is fast becoming one of the great dichotomies of religious Jewish life. We know that this is a period of mourning....
View ArticleNachamu Ami
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzHere we are, after three weeks of sadness, of mourning, of refraining from haircuts and music and weddings. There was no shopping, no shaving, no big trips, and for nine days...
View ArticleChoices
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLast week, I went away with my wife for a few days. We were in an elevator in a hotel on the West Coast and a well-dressed man stepped in. “Hi,” I said. “How’s it going?” He...
View ArticleConsideration
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzMany contend that the United States is currently being led by a president who is out of touch. He is not in control, is often dishonest, breaks campaign promises, doesn’t...
View ArticleA News Lesson
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzQuite often, the news has the ability to provide lessons for us in our daily lives. For the past two decades, Joe Biden, as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
View ArticleHakoras Hatov
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzDid you ever wonder from where we derive that Elul is an auspicious time to do teshuvah? The Vilna Gaon writes that Elul is a month of rachamim. We can always repent for our...
View ArticleWake Up
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThere are various reactions to the sound of the shofar’s cry. The sensitive soul hears several messages as the plaintive sound forms a song like no other. It is a tune of...
View ArticleTime of Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe are meant to be joyous on every Yom Tov, but the Yom Tov of Sukkoshas the special distinction of being referred to as Zeman Simchoseinu, our time of happiness. Why is...
View ArticleGet To Work
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week we are introduced once again to Noach, the grandfather of all of mankind. The Torah describes him as a “tzaddik tomim,” totally righteous in deed and thought. He...
View ArticleYou’ll Get There
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz At the beginning of this week’s parsha, Hashem tells Avrom to leave his home and birthplace and go to “ha’aretz asher areka - the land that I will show you.” Many reasons...
View ArticleGreatness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLife is tough, the news is tough, and the economy is tough. It’s tough all around. We have faith that Hakadosh Boruch Hu is causing everything to happen, often for reasons we...
View ArticleWho We Are
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzEvery generation has its tests. Every generation is confronted with challenges unique to its period. Every generation thinks that the things it has to deal with are tougher...
View ArticleDestined for Greatness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn this week’s parsha, we learn of the birth of twin boys, Yaakov and Eisov, born to Yitzchok and Rivka after many years of tefillah. Until their bar mitzvah,they appeared to...
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