Remembering Rav Aharon Leib zt”l
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIt is difficult to encapsulate the life of an adam gadol in a few words. He was exceedingly weak for the last few months of his life, yet Klal Yisroeldavened that he be given...
View ArticleParenting Prime
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzParenting is a big industry. People are unsure how to raise their children and turn to seminars and books to find guidance. Put the word “parenting” in the title of your book...
View ArticleKeep Achdus Alive
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIran is back in the news again, as its citizens muster up the courage to protest against the crushing regime. The Iranian threat has dominated headlines for several years now,...
View ArticleCharge Your Spirit
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz“Velo shomu el Moshe mikotzer ruach umei’avodah kashah” (Shemos 6:9). The Jews in Mitzrayim refused to listen to the comforting words of Moshe.Try to imagine the scene. Moshe...
View ArticleWords to Touch and Inspire
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we study Parshas Bo, we note that the pesukim and narratives of this parshacomprise many of the words and stories intrinsic to our faith,which combine to mold the drama and...
View ArticleJewish History
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzParshas Beshalach is an ode to a nation being formed through trial and tribulation. The Jews faithfully followed Hashem’s direction out of Mitzrayim and into the desert,...
View ArticleDo Something About It
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn ParshasYisro, we learn of KabbolasHaTorah. Following the makkos, KriasYamSuf and the accompanying revelations of Hashem’s might, KlalYisroel was prepared to become the Am...
View ArticleKeep Your Hands Off Halacha
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz“Ve’eileh hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem.” Rashi explains that just as the laws that appeared in Parshas Yisro were delivered to the Jewish people at Har Sinai, so were the...
View ArticleSparks of Holiness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week’s parsha deals with the construction of the Mishkon, the dwelling place of the Shechinah in this world. Introducing the description of this holy place and its...
View ArticleBe My Friend
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzMegillas Estherannually reinforces the closeness Jews feel with the Creator and with each other.Unlike many of the famed miraculous redemptions that occurred in Eretz Yisroel, or...
View ArticleWarmed on the Inside
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week’s parsha opens with the commandment of counting the Jewish people following the sin of the Eigel (Rashi). They were not to be individually counted, but rather each...
View ArticleTime to Build
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzVayakhel and Pekudei conclude the five parshiyos that discuss the construction of the Mishkon. The Mishkon was constructed over a period of a few months. The project required...
View ArticlePotential, Unity and Renewal
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzOne of the greatest Chassidic rebbes was the Izhbitzer. One of his followers was Reb Dovid of Lokov, an elderly chossid, who had known the Chozeh of Lublin and the Yid Hakadosh...
View ArticleHow Much is a Matzoh Worth?
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzHow many advertisements have you seen that claim to “make your Pesach easier this year”? How often have you heard people complaining about the price of matzoh? Every time I hear...
View ArticleFood of Faith and Freedom
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we approach one of the many peaks of the Seder, we raise the matzah and recite Ha LachmaAnya, opening the Maggid section. Speaking in unfamiliar Aramaic, we begin by...
View ArticleA Moment of Silence
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWhen the news is too awful to bear, when death befalls people young and dear, when fire consumes good people at a time marked for joy, it is a time of “vayidom,” thousands of...
View ArticleThe Majesty of Man is in His Speech
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzShortly after the passing of Holocaust survivor Rav Avraham Steiner at the age of 96 in Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Greineman related the following story that he heard at the shivah....
View ArticleLives of Kedoshim
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzDuring World War I, Eastern European Jewry was displaced. When the war ended, many found themselves in different towns than the ones they had previous lived and been raised in....
View ArticleReach for the Light
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe mitzvah of counting the Omer is found in this week’s parsha. The posuk (Vayikra 23:15) states, “Usefartem lochem mimochoras haShabbos… And You shall count seven complete...
View Articleוהחי יתן אל לבו
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzWho can remember a week such as the one that just passed? Who can ponder the loss of so many good people and not recognize that they cannot go on living their lives as they have...
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