Fueling the Flame
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Four thousand years ago, Yaakov fought the sar of Eisov in the eternal battle of emes against sheker, just against unjust, right against wrong. Two thousand years ago, the war...
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Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIt happened last year and caused some buzz, but lots has happened since then and the story is all but forgotten. I was reminded of it this past Motzoei Shabbos as I sat at Rav...
View ArticleThe Lens of Golus
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe Jewish people were blessed with three avos. Yaakov Avinu was the av of golus. He was the one who left Eretz Yisroel for extended periods, and the last seventeen years of his...
View ArticleGolus Mentality
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz We are now almost three months into the Gaza War, which began when thousands of Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel from Gaza and slaughtered 1,200 Jews, wounded many more,...
View ArticleSing in the Darkness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Let your mind paint the scene. At the time that Paroh decreed that all Jewish baby boys be killed upon birth, Moshe was born prematurely so that the Mitzriyim would not be...
View ArticleBursts of Light
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThese weeks we study the parshiyos of the Torah that lead up to our exit from Mitzrayim after generations of our forefathers being enslaved there. Ever since we were young...
View ArticleThe Roller Coaster of Life
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAfter learning the first parshiyos of Shemos, we arrive this week at Parshas Beshalach, which depicts the exit of the Bnei Yisroel from the awful experiences of Mitzrayim. So...
View ArticleLiving with Depth
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzParshasYisro recounts the great day when Hashem gave the Torah to Am Yisroel, setting us apart and giving us the guide by which we live. We studied the parshiyos leading up to...
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Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLife has become complicated of late. The world says that there is a communication explosion, but in reality, it is anything but. In the days before this explosion, people would...
View ArticleBring the Light
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Our world, once again, is in a precarious situation. Actually, it has been this way since Covid spread throughout the world, felling many of our most cherished people. Many...
View ArticleDouble Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThink about it. If this year wasn’t a leap year, we would be celebrating Purim this week. Instead, Purim is a month away. But even though we have to wait a month to celebrate...
View ArticleMy Father’s Tefillin
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn Parshas Ki Sisa, we learn one of the most tragic occurrences in our history, from which we suffer until today: the sin of the Eigel. Every time we learn the parsha,we...
View ArticleThe Secret of Happiness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis Shabbos, we announce the arrival of the second month of Adar, granting us another opportunity to take advantage of the obligation to increase our joy as Adar...
View ArticleOpen the Door
In this week’s parsha of Pekudei, the posuk states, “All the work necessary for the Mishkon was completed, as the Jewish people did everything Hashem commanded through Moshe. They then brought the...
View ArticleIt’s All Good
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzMany nations have risen up to battle us, subjugate us, and torment us, yet Amaleik is singled out for eternal derision. Many of those who fought us succeeded in their battles,...
View ArticleThe Day of Liberation
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz If you would want to describe the Yom Tov we celebrated this week in one word, what would it be?I would say liberation.Purim is the day of liberation, because that is what it...
View ArticleLiving With Faith
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn this week’s parsha,we learn about one of the great days in the history of Klal Yisroel. They were finally redeemed, for as the Ramban explains, the redemption from...
View ArticleIt’s All From Above
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Here, we finally are in the month of Nissan. Pesach, the Yom Tov when we celebrate our freedom, is upon us. The weather has warmed, the days have lengthened, and we are only...
View ArticleCelebration of Freedom
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe Seder is the highlight of the Yom Tov of Pesach, and regardless of what is going on outside, Jewish families everywhere sit around a table and celebrate our freedom from...
View ArticleStaying Holy
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWe recently celebrated Pesach, which is referred to as Zeman Cheiruseinu, the days upon which we commemorate our freedom. We were exalted and relaxed as we sat at the Seder...
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