Glad to Notice by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine As the Jews neared the Promised Land, the inhabitants prepared to greet them in an ambush. The plan was that as the Jews passed through a certain valley, people would shoot down from the adjoining cliffs to destroy the Jews. G-d miraculously destroyed those enemies before they could more »

Just Trying to Here You by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine Parshas Chukas introduces quite boldly the concept of a mitzvah that we do not understand. Although we know that mitzvos are good, sometimes we can’t understand what Hashem had in mind. We may sometimes wonder  “Why indeed should a specific behavior be considered so significant, such more »

Speaking softly, while carrying a big stick by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The Jews in the desert benefited from an ongoing water supply in the merit of Miriam. In the beginning of their sojourn in the desert Moshe is told to hit a rock and, in the merit of Miriam, water miraculously flowed from it. In more »

Do you see what I see? by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The Torah describes an incident in which dangerous snakes attacked the Jews while they were in the desert. The people cried out for help and Moshe erected a pole with the image of a snake at its top. The Torah relates, “It was, that whoever more »