Tragedy
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe Jewish world is still in a state of shock over the murdering of 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue. People wonder how such a terrible event could happen in our time in this...
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Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn this week’s parsha, we are introduced to Yaakov and Eisov, whose struggle endures until the End of Days.The differences between them were apparent already prior to their...
View ArticleSelfless
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz The American media is distressed, because the president lectured a disrespectful reporter and then revoked his credentials. The media bosses and colleagues defended the...
View ArticlePeace Brother
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThrough careful study of the parsha, we learn how to behave and how to conduct ourselves when dealing with others. In this week’s sedra of Vayishlach, we take note of Yaakov’s...
View ArticleChanukah
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we anticipate the arrival of Chanukah, our preparations should not be limited to the physical, making sure we have enough oil, wicks and candles, but to also include the...
View ArticleThe Poetry of Lita With an American Accent: Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin zt”l
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzVashki has lost its last son.Vashki was a quintessential Litvisheshtetel, where Jews lived for hundreds of years. Vashki, a primarily Jewish town in the heart of Lithuania, near...
View ArticleProtest!
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn Parshas Vayigash, we read of the emotional climax of Yosef’s revelation to his brothers. Yehudah’s desperate plea prompted Yosef to drop his disguise and reveal his identity....
View ArticleEfrayim & Menashe
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzParshas Vayechi marks the end of Sefer Bereishis and the profound lessons of maasehavossimanlebonim that fill its narratives. The parsha also marks the passing of Yaakov Avinu...
View ArticleHave a Harp
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week, we begin Seder Shemos, the story of redemption. But it opens with a surprising episode. Try to imagine the scene. Moshe Rabbeinu was tending to his flock in the...
View ArticleMakir Tov
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week marks the end of my sojourn in the beautiful town of Monsey. I was born here, and besides the time I spent in yeshiva and Yerushalayim, I’ve lived here my whole...
View ArticleGenerational Greatness
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we survey the world around us and the depths to which many have fallen, it becomes difficult to remember that we were created to attain great heights as a nation and as...
View ArticleLet Us Sing
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzYetzias Mitzrayim and Krias Yam Suf are bedrocks of our faith. Locked in with no way out, the Jews were miraculously freed from slavery. Subsequently, as they stood at the Yam...
View ArticleMoved
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIn ParshasYisro, we learn of Kabbolas HaTorah. Following the makkosin Mitzrayim, the splitting of the sea at the Yam Suf, and the many miracles the Jewish people experienced...
View ArticleSmart
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week’s parsha begin with the words, “Ve’eileh hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem - These are the rules and laws to place before the Jewish people.”Rabi Akiva (Mechilta,...
View ArticleHeart
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzNapoleon wrote that an army of rats can win a battle. How, you ask, is this possible? They can win if they are led by a lion. Conversely, an army of lions can go to battle and...
View ArticleHow To Tell Right From Wrong When the Wrong Seems So Right
By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe left is celebrating. Retail giant Amazon was coming to New York City. The mammoth operation was going to open a new headquarters in Long Island City, a formerly run-down...
View ArticleOrchids
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzI read an obituary last week which greatly inspired me. No, it was not in the Yated, it was way too short and besides it wasn’t about the type of person we normally write about....
View ArticleAdar Joy
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Mishenichnas Adar marbim besimcha. The month of Adar is the happiest on the Jewish calendar. We commonly understand that the joy is brought on through commemorating the miracle...
View ArticleRise Up Shushan
Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLast week in Congress, the seat of the world’s oldest and most powerful democracy, outright Jew-hatred led to a joke of a resolution protesting anti-Semitism. The majority party...
View ArticleEternal Enemy
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Ever since I was a child, I heard about Amaleik. As I grew older, I understood it on deeper levels. But I still wonder, and I think that others do as well, about the big to-do...
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