Seeing Commandments
When the Torah was given the Jewish nation witnessed the revelation of G-d and received the Ten Commandments.
Category: HOLIDAYS
The Good In The Bad
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui On the 9th of Av we mourn the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Israel which were destroyed over 2000 years ago. The Midrash tells a story, that when...
Mind Over Heart
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Holiday of Chanukah represents the victory of light over darkness. The philosophy of the Hellenists at that time (things haven’t changed much) was to dilute the purity of faith...
The Power of Women
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Our sages tell us, “A man must love his wife at least as much as himself, but honor her more than himself.” “A man should eat and drink for himself,...
A Holy Lottery
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The jolly holiday of Purim on the 14th of Adar shares something very special with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar – Yom KiPurim, to the point, that our...
Humility, Faith & Arrogance
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui In the Jewish tradition, every Holiday has its own theme from which we draw that specific energy in our service to G-d for the entire year. For example Purim the...
Nature & Miracles
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Czar once came to visit a group of soldiers, when suddenly one of them pointed his gun at the Czar. Instantly, a quick thinking and fast acting soldier, leaped...
True Love Is The Answer
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui When the Israelites left Egypt, in Hebrew, the Book, uses the plural tense to describe their departure from Egypt. “These are the trips, (in the plural tense) the children of...
Internal Freedom
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui We read in the Hagadah – story of Passover that over Passover there is a commandment to recount, and communicate, the story of Exodus from Egypt. “And, all those who increase in...
Lag Ba’Omer and Rabbi Shimon
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui On the 18th of Iyar we are cautioned to make good use of the holy day of “Lag B’omer.” In a letter to his followers, Rabbi Shnuer Zalman of Liadi...
