The Talmud in Avodah Zarah 2a teaches that, “All the nations of the world will gather before God on the Day of Judgment in a large and mixed crowd. God will instruct them to organize themselves by individual nations so that each may be judged on its own.”
God will not be bothered by [...]

The Holy Rebbe was stingy with his words. He would speak in cryptic sentences and his Chassidim would sit for hours after he spoke to figure out what he meant.
The secret of the Parah Adumah – the Red Cow – is Loving Others.
The Chassidim pondered for hours, but they could not figure out what [...]

What did they say just before they constructed the Golden Calf?
For this Moshe, the man, we do not know what happened to him.
It does not say that we do not know what happened to Moshe, but rather, Moshe, the Man. They did not wonder if Moshe survived, but if he continued to live as [...]

More than fifty people gathered last night to hear the Megillah – The Book of Esther – read with sound effects and more last night at The Foundation Stone headquarters. We then gathered and studied major themes in the Megillah such as the tension between men and women, and what exactly did Achashveirosh suspect [...]

“And Daudet said the most foolish thing to me. Perhaps he thought that it might console me. He told me that I would have my memories. But my memories are of no use to me. I told him that I never had any interest in memories. I love today and tomorrow, and if I [...]

I am sorry to announce that Weinberg’s Snow Removal Service has closed its doors. A hostile takeover by Michael Beller (my son) and Associates has put me out of business. Now, I may not get the exercise, but I can enjoy the snow. I no longer immediately get tired just thinking about shoveling all [...]

And Moshe said to Yehoshua, “Choose men for us.” Rashi comments on the power of the word “us”. Moshe said to Yehoshua, “Go out and choose men for you and me.” We derive a great principle from here that a master must treat his student’s honor as dearly as he treats his own.
Moshe is [...]

Who advised Amalek to attack Israel? Balaam. His strategy was that the children of Avraham should attack the nation that existed on the merit of Avraham.
Imagine what it was like for the Children of Israel, who understood the power of their connection to Avraham Avinu, to be attacked by his other grandchild.
Amalek was [...]

We were enjoying a relaxed Sunday brunch sharing stories and reflections when she decided to tell her story. She attended the same high school in Buenos Aires as my wife so I already knew that many students had disappeared during the military junta, but no one at the table knew her story.
She was walking [...]