Homesick
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzHere we are again in the period we call the Three Weeks, soon to be followed by the Nine Days and Tisha B’Av. We have gone another year without deserving that the Bais...
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By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzRav Tzvi Schvartz is the type of tzaddik many believe doesn’t exist anymore. He heads the Lev L’Achim branch in Rechovot and, with his white beard, bright eyes, broad smile,...
View ArticleIt’s Time
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe are now in the saddest period of the year, a time when we observe halachos associated with mourning. They are not intended to become rote habits, but were instituted to...
View ArticleFootsteps of Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzI sit here on Sunday afternoon staring at the empty computer screen in front of me. There was a place I wanted to be, but I stayed home to write my weekly column, and now I...
View ArticleSummer Perspectives
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz With the Nine Days behind us, we are now in the depths of summer. Everyone is taking it easy. Many are on vacation, or in summer homes in the country, or taking little day...
View ArticleNow is the Time
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzTime marches along, too quickly it seems. It feels like it was only a couple of weeks ago that the weather warmed and summer was upon us. It was just yesterday that many were...
View ArticleReady to Fight
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz In this week’s parsha of Ki Seitzei, we learn about fighting evil. We learn about going to war against enemies, about putting to death a thirteen-year-old boy for exhibiting...
View ArticleTorah Royalty
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz I never learned at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, but have a special place for it in my heart. My relationship began when, as a young teenager, a mispallel in my father’s...
View ArticleThe Way Forward
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we near the end of Elul, we should be ramping up our efforts at doing teshuvah, rectifying our errors and setting ourselves on the proper path for the future. This week’s...
View ArticleA New Start
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn Yeshivas Radin, there was a break before the blowing of the shofar on the morning of Rosh Hashanah to afford the mispallelim an opportunity to prepare themselves for the...
View ArticleFor a Greater Purpose
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzA basic human desire is to be happy. There is no one in this world who doesn’t seek joy. The goal is the same, though different people have different ways of going about...
View ArticlePlease Help Us!
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzFor many Israelis, the day began the same way. They were sitting at home, drinking their morning coffee, when the air raid siren sounded. At first, they thought it was a false...
View ArticleWhat Can We Do?
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz There is a terrible war going on, and it is growing more intense each day. Just over a week ago, 1,300 Jews were tortured and killed, over 3,000 were wounded and 199 were taken...
View ArticleThrough a Maamin’s Eyes
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz With the Hamas massacre fresh in the minds of people around the world, the Hamas murderers pulled off another terrible crime against the Jewish people. They made up a story that...
View ArticleGadlus Ha’adam: Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi zt”l
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi zt”l would tell the story of one of the times he went to ask the Brisker Rov a question in learning. He asked his question and the Rov answered...
View ArticleKey To Victory
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzPeople who follow the news are perplexed. At a time when a small beleaguered country does battle with terrorists who carried out genocide in their country, why do the nations...
View ArticleMessage from Above
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzOver the past month, Jews around the world have changed. Our demeanor has changed. The way we view the world and our place in it, and the way we view ourselves, has changed....
View ArticleWhat Hashem Wants from Us
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe are familiar with pictures from the Holocaust period. The truth is that as gruesome as those pictures are, until October 7th, people viewed them and turned the page without...
View ArticleGood Over Evil
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe news since Simchas Torah has been downright frightening. Twelve hundred innocent people were killed just because they were Jews. They weren’t just killed. They were...
View ArticleKiss from Above
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe Gemara (Me’ilah 17a) cites a story to depict the ongoing confrontations during the period leading up to the Chanukah miracle between the Jews and their oppressors, the...
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