Matos-Maasei: Who is Your Rebbe? by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The Jewish people were just about at the finish line. They had already experienced the Exodus and the Revelation at Sinai, and spent forty years in the desert. Now they were ready to enter the Land of Israel. Suddenly the tribes of Gad and Reuven came more »
“This is not normal…” by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine Ask a group of Jews, “What is your most meaningful day on the Jewish calendar?” and you are bound to get a variety of answers. Some will say “Yom Kippur”. After all it is the holiest day of the year. Others will say “Pesach”. That’s when we more »
by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The daughters of Tzelafchad were getting on in their years. All five women were remarkably righteous, but not yet married. Somehow they were not able to find suitable husbands. But when they approached Moshe for help they had something else in mind. Their father passed away in the desert, leaving no more »