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What does it mean to celebrate receiving the Torah? It means understanding that there is no greater gift than the Torah. King David exemplified this.

Who do so many Jews feel a disconnect with Yerushalayim? Why is Yerushalayim not mentioned explicitly, only alluded to, in the Torah?

We don’t necessarily have to come to terms with and understand everything that occurs; we have to realize that Hashem guides historic events. Rabbi Shalom Hammer’s Sleepless Sermon for Yom HaShoah

Even when redemption is unclear and incomplete, we are still expected to believe that Hashem is somehow revealing the redemption slowly but surely. Rabbi Shalom Hammer’s Sleepless Sermon for Yom Haatzmaut...

Despite R’ Akiva’s losing 24,000 students, he did not give up hope and went and acquired 5 new students in order to reinvigorate the future of the Jewish people.

Pesach is a time of renewal, it occurs in the spring, the annual time of renewal and is when we left Egypt and became a nation. But at the same time we...

The challenge of our generation is the preservation of Jewish Identity. The Jewish people were created by fire and binds us as 1 force. Sleepless Sermon for Pesach 5769

The Chacham (wise son) and the Rasha (wicked son) seem to be asking the same question. Why do we give them such different answers? Sleepless Sermon for Pesach

Sometimes the problems that exist are not due to anything specific but rather to an attitude problem. One such issue is how we observe and relate to Chol HaMoed.

One of the manifestations of rejoicing on Sukkot is the Simchat Bet HaShoeva and the Nisuch HaMayim. What is its message?