Posts in Sefer Bamidbar

When the Founding Fathers of the United States granted presidents the power to nominate potential Supreme Court Justices, they likely realized that such nominations would[…]

I came across some beautiful stories in the news this week:  A 101-year-old woman set the record for the fastest 100 Meter dash for her[…]

(This drasha was given at Shaarei Tefillah in Teaneck where I served as Summer Rabbi.  Parshat Pinchas 2015) One of the difficulties I’ve had in[…]

Included in the memorable moments of my childhood was the annual tradition of following the disappointing seasons of my hometown Chicago Cubs.  The 2003 season[…]

Ma tovu ohalecha Yaakov mishkinosecha Yisroel How great are your tents o Jacob, how great are your dwelling places. Classically interpreted to refer to our[…]

There’s a famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. Many attribute this to[…]

One of the more enigmatic passages of the Torah is the episode at the mei meriva, the waters of strife, as Moshe Rabeinu receives the[…]

My wallet went missing this week.  I did not want my wife to panic because I was confident it was somewhere in our apt, but[…]

In our fifth grade classroom, I recall a sign in the back of our classroom “Success is Measured by Effort.”  Encouraging, inspirational, and insightful, but[…]

I would like to take a page out of Rabbi Genack’s book and share a story about my father.  Rabbi Genack’s father is a rabbi,[…]