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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Divine Judgment We all know that Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment, when man’s fate is decided for the coming year. It would follow, then, that Hashem had decided this

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Using our Material Gifts to Sanctify the World The 8th Day of an Animal’s Life Parshat Emor should be familiar to us, because we read a section of it twice over

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Being Holy and Living a Balanced Judaism In a perfect world, we would expect one’s ethical behavior to be directly linked to one’s religious behavior. Philosophers, scientists, and psychologists have been

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Finding Spiritual Greatness in Unusual Places Allow me to share a story about an ancient king of Israel named Yerovam. Not the famous Yerovam ben Nevat, who was the first king

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin The Truest of Gifts Three years ago, when the Coronavirus was just beginning to disrupt normal life in different parts of the world, an article appeared in Lehrhaus by Dr. Jeremy

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin We’re All Connected When all the Mishkan components were finally completed, Moshe felt it necessary to do an inventory of all the materials that were used. After all, Bnei Israel had

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Moshe petitions God In his Guide for the Perplexed (1:54), the Rambam discusses an important dialogue between Moshe and Hashem in the aftermath of the Golden Calf. As the people sinned,

Remembering the Wine and the Vinegar By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Longevity = Positive Attitude The Midrash records some thing very strange. When the Jewish people first heard the commandment of (Deut. 25:17) “Zachor!” – Remember

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Learning to Be Cherubic Usually when purchasing a container, one views the container’s cover as something ancillary to the container. But this doesn’t seem the case when it comes to Ark

Parshas Mishpatim-Shekalim – Be The Angel By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Sending an angel Everything was beautiful. The Jews were gathered around Mount Sinai. They had just heard the Ten Commandments, and then were given additional

By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Each Child is Number One We’ve gotten to know Moshe Rabbeinu over these last several parshiyos. We’ve seen his character as a man of great integrity who is sensitive to the

For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Robert Lederman who changes lives through the  specialty of optometric vision therapy. Robert

Let the Angels Sing By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin The Exodus & Egypt’s pursuit The triumphant exodus was short-lived. Shortly after they journeyed into the desert, Bnei Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptian

Parshas Bo – I Can See You By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Egypt’s admiration of the Jews The Egyptians were at the end of their rope. They really couldn’t withstand the Plagues much longer. Their agriculture

For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Meir Lewis. Meir is an investment banker, having held senior roles at Morgan

Parshas VaEra – I Have Lips But Cannot Speak By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin A speech impaired redeemer? Why did Moshe have a speech impediment? Many of us are familiar with the Midrash that states that

Tzimtzum and Pulling Ourselves Out of Exile By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Tzimtzum – “Reduction” In his introduction to the Book of Exodus, the Ramban calls this section of the Torah the book of Galus and

Blessings, Curses, and More By Sarah Rudolph In this week’s parsha, after 17 years in Egypt, Yaakov knows his death is approaching and he summons his sons: “Gather, and I will tell you what will

For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Yisrael Cohn. Yisrael works for the Jerusalem Municipality Aliyah department assisting new Olim

Words and Feelings By Sarah Rudolph The story of Yosef and his brothers offers a particularly poignant window into the very real emotional lives of our biblical ancestors. These emotions are described in words, as