Moshe New

Many tragedies had befallen our people on the 17th of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three week mourning period for the destruction of the Holy Temple and the subsequent exile.

"And the Lord appeared to Abraham"; Rashi says: "It was the third day from his circumcision, and G-d came and inquired about his welfare." Where was He for the first three days?

“And Angels met him…”, the angels left the land of Israel, welcomed Yaakov and brought him home.

On Chanukah we add the 'al hanissim' blessing in the Amidah prayer: “Your children entered the shrine of Your House ... kindled lights in Your holy courtyards.” The Menorah was usually lit in the Sanctuary of the Temple, not the outside courtyards!

A deeper look at the day commemorating the deliverance and release of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe, from Czarist incarceration. The weekly parshah for this date talks of Joseph sold as a slave to Egypt; a striking similarity ...

A deeper look at Joseph’s dreams; the lessons that can be learned from them and Jacob's reaction.