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Pesach Derasha Digest
Shabbos HaGadol 2020 – Cup of Eliyahu and Optimism
חיי עולם נטע בתוכינו: A Digest of Divrei Torah on Shavuos
Were the Luchos Round or Square on Top? Lessons from the Divine Design of the Miraculous Tablets
Is There a Mitzvah to Eat Matzah for All Eight Days?
Haggadah Insights for Your Seder
On the Road Again: Eating Outside the Sukkah When Traveling
Spending Time with the Ushpizin: A New Take on an Old Tradition
Mitzvah or Superstition: Women and the Taking of Challah
Segulah or Mitzvah? The Deeper Meaning of Challah
Are We Truly a God-Fearing Community? Three Ways to Find Out
Be the Best Version of Yourself: The Torah’s Prescription for Mindfulness in a Mindless World
What is Your Mission? Making Your Unique Mark on the World
BRS #KiddushHashem Campaign: Do Your Part To Repair Hashem’s World And Heal Our People
You Don’t Have a Soul… You are a Soul
Giving is Getting & Sharing is Caring: The Satisfaction of Being Generous
BRS Outreach Revolution: Catch the Fever
Invite God Into Your Life: Human Initiative & Divine Intervention
Bein Yom Ha’Shevii L’Sheishes Y’Mei Ha’Maaseh: Counting Down for Shabbos to Begin Instead of Counting Down for it to End
Valuing Diversity, Celebrating Unity
Leading a Purpose Driven Life: Achieving Holiness in Speech, Thought and Behavior
Aleinu L’Shabeiach: Improving Ourselves, Improving the World
Next Year in Jerusalem!
Living Lives of Jewish Essentialism: Searching for Chametz and Finding our True Selves
From Ancient Hatred to Modern Anti-Semitism Why the Jews?
From Rasha With Love: The Wicked, Intermarried, Off the Derech & Every One of Us
Taking the Jews Out of Egypt, and Egypt Out of the Jews: The Prohibition of Living in Egypt Today
Hillel’s Sandwich: Freedom Through Discipline
Offering Korban Pesach Today: Where is the Sacrifice in our Lives?
Leave Room for Dessert: Afikomen & the Greek Symposia
The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow: Birchas Ha’Chamah
The Cup of Eliyahu and the Credit Crunch: Optimism During Difficult Times
Selling Chametz: Legal Fiction or Halachik Fact?
Man vs. Machine: Machine Matzah and Finding Meaning in Mitzvot
Understanding Zemiros (Raw Sources)
Understanding Zemiros: Menucha V’Simcha
The Origin and Practice of Singing Zemiros and Bringing Joy to the Shabbos Table
Shalosh Seudos or Seudah Shlishit? Finding Meaning in the Third Meal
The Special Character of the Shabbos Chanukah Table: Zemiros Part II
Israel Margolies: The Niggun in the Air
Understanding Zemiros: Kol Mekadeish Shevi’i
Mitzvah or Superstition? Women and the Taking of Challah
More Than Just the Start of Shabbos: Candle Lighting
Chasal Siddur Pesach and Jerusalem
Tu B’Shvat: Pressing the Reset Button in Our Lives
Showering and Smoking on Yom Tov
Three Day Yom Tov or Three Day Kedusha? Eruv Tavshilin and the Relationship Between Yom Tov and Shabbos
A Guide to Confession
You Can’t Be Happy on Tu B’Av
The Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av: Halacha and Hashkafa
THe Lost Ark and the Temple: Remembering the Temple Year-round
Is Jerusalem Still in Ruins? Should We Emend the Prayer of Nachem?
Nachem: Consolation of Tisha B’Av
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Finding Meaning in Inviting the Ushpizin
Sukkos and Chanukah: Like a Pencil and Eraser
Sukkos Derasha (2002)
If You Can’t Take the Heat, Can You Get Out of the Sukkah?
Singing in the Rain…in the Sukkah
Get Your Head in the Sukkah and Tap into the Incredible Energy of Sukkos
Sukka With AC?
A Revival of the Ancient Assembly of Hakhel
Don’t Worry, Be B’Simcha: Finding Happiness on Sukkos
The Omer
Shaking and Waving: Understanding the Na’anuim
The Mitzvah of Hakhel: A Historic Assembly in Jerusalem
Koheles: Anyway the Wind Blows Doesn’t Really Matter to Me… Nothing Really Matters to Me
Hurricane Isidore: Will the Clouds of Glory Protect Us?
It’s Not Too Late: The Origins and Practices of Hoshana Rabbah
Calling All Men, Women and Children: Hakhel in our Time
Swallowing Your Esrog Whole: Daled Minim of Shemitta
The Case of the Missing Torah: Understanding the Holiday of Shavuot
Shavuos: The Forgotten Holiday!
Early Yom Tov Sheni: Precedent or Modern Innovation?
Divine or Divinely Inspired
Diving our Time: Fitting Torah Into Our Busy Lives
Throwing it all Away: The Origin and Meaning of Tashlich
The King and I
Return to Me
Maavirin Et Ro’ah Hagezeira: Reverse the Curse
The Secret to Success on Judgment Day: Now is the Time
Viddui Ma’aser and Viddui Avonos: The Art of Confession
Express Yourself: Finding Your Individuality Within Community
Dip the Apple in the Honey: The Origin and Scope of Eating Simanim on Rosh Hashana
Ten Days of Repentance: Pas Nisht
Aleinu L’Shabeiach: Improving Ourselves, Improving the World
Shushan Purim: What’s It All About?
Purim and Yom HaKipurim: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Pair of Queens: Why Didn’t Esther Reveal Her Identity?
Drinking on Purim: What’s it All About?
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? The Minhag to Leave for Yizkor
Practical Tips for a Meaningful & Memorable Seder
Geulah: Gush Katif and the Process of Personal and National Redemption
Lean on Me: The Mitzvah of Heseibah
“Stealing” the Afikomen
When Life Feels as Challenging as Splitting the Sea: Lessons for Marriage, Livelihood and Everyday
Shir HaShirim- The World’s Greatest Love Song: To Be Taken Literally or Allegorically?
Taking the Jews Out of Egypt, and Egypt Out of the Jews: The Prohibition of Living in Egypt Today
Shabbat Hagadol: Man Vs. Machine- Machine Matzah and Finding Meaning in Mitzvot
Sefiras Ha’Omer: Understanding the Behag
Shir Hashirim (Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda)
Pesach: Are You a Liberated Jew?
Pesach Derasha (2002)
Measuring Up: Fulfilling the Mitzvos of Matzah, Marror and Korech
Matzah Balls in the Window: The Origins and History of Gebruckts
Let the Countdown Begin: Making our Days Count Through Sefirat Ha’Omer
The Ultimate Security System- Leil Shimurim: The Night of Divine Protection
Kitniyos- I Wish I Were Sephardi
Is it Chol… or is it Moed? Wearing Tefillin on Chol Ha’moed
The Meaning of Leaning: Heseibah on Pesach
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Hallel Pesach Night in Shul
Haggadah Insights For Your Seder (2016)
The Cup of Eliyahu and the Credit Crunch: Optimism During Difficult Times
Lag B’Omer
The Case of the Missing Mesechta: Why is There No Tractate Chanukah?
Put on Your Yarmulke, it’s Time to Celebrate Chanukah!
How to be the Grandparents Your Children and Grandchildren Need: A Chanukah Message
Why is There No Meseches Chanuka: The Holiday of Torah She’b’al Peh
The Greek War on Women: Chana, Yehudis, the Miracle of Chanukah and Lessons for Today
The Arch of Titus and its Inaccurate Depiction of the Menorah
Af Hein Hayu B’oso Ha’Neis: What is Women’s Chiyuv in Lighting Chanuka Candles?
Hagaddah Insights For Your Seder Table (2017)
Hagaddah Insights (2015)
Hagaddah Insights (2014)
Hagaddah Insights (2013)
Hagaddah Insights for Your Seder (2012)
Hagaddah Insights for Your Seder Table
Divrei Torah for the Seder (2010)
Sharing is Caring: Divrei Torah for Your Seder (2008)
Sharing is Caring: Divrei Torah for Your Seder (2007)
Washing Before Kiddush
The Shabbos Goy: Fact or Fiction?
Standing For Torah Reading
Scooting Along in my Gramma-Mobile: An Analysis of the Shabbos Scooter
Kiddush on Scotch & Whiskey?
2008 Years Since What? Judaism and the New Year
Internet Commerce & Shabbos/Yom Tov
Big Brother is Watching You: The Use of Surveillance Cameras on Shabbat