The Torah and the World – Twelve Questions


Zionism in Voloshin, continued page two

AK10. Prayer, Avenue of Access Part 1 AK10. Prayer Avenue of Access Part 2   AK11. Transcending the Ego part 1 AK11. Transcending the Ego part 2   AK12. On Prayer, part 1a AK12. On Prayer, part 1b   AK13. On Prayer, part 2a AK13. On Prayer, part 2b   AK14. Shemitta in Eretz Yisroel, part 1 AK15. Shemmita in Eretz Yisroel, part 2a AK15. Shemitta in Eretz […]


Rabbi Avraham Kook, ztz’l, Zionism in Voloshin

AK1. Zionism in Voloshin, part 1 AK1. Zionism in Voloshin, part 2   AK2. Tshuva as a National Phenomenon, part one AK2. Tshuva as a National Phenomenon, part two Orot Hatshuva01 pdf AK3. Israel as G-d’s Witness, part 1 AK3. Israel as G-d’s Witness, part 2   AK4. The Lights of Holiness part 1 AK4. The Lights of Holiness part 2   AK5 – The Laser Beam of […]


Rabbi Chaim Wasserman -Torah Lectures

Zionism in Voloshin, the Torah of Rav Avraham Kook, ztz’l Rabbi Chaim Wasserman gave wonderful Shiurim at our homes in Passaic. Listen in to The Siddur here. Zionism in Voloshin,  continued Page 2 Zionism in Voloshin,  continued on page 3 A series of  all-encompassing talks about the Jewish Life Cycle here.


The Jewish Life Cycle

The Naming of Children part one The Naming of Children part two (begin at 9 minutes)   Bris Milah (Circumcision) Part one Bris Milah (Circumcision) Part two   PidyonBen (Redemption of the First Born) part one PidyonBen (Redemption of the First Born) part two   How to Raise a Jewish Child   Bar Mitzvah – one Bar Mitzvah two   Shidduch and Engagement, part one Shidduch and Engagement […]


Yartzeit Addresses by Gerald Parkoff

1998 The Concept of Kedusha (Holiness)   2005  The Mitzvah to Honor a Sefer Torah   2003 Ayin Tachat Ayin – An Eye for an Eye   2002 Ki Shem Hashem Ekra – I Shall Call Upon the Name of G-d   2001 The Infinite Chain   2000 Lo Davar Rek Hu – The Torah of  Infinite Density   1999 Even One Letter of the Torah   1999  […]


The Infinitely Dense – לא דבר רק הוא

רמב”ן בראשית הקדמה עוד יש בידינו קבלה של אמת כי כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקדוש ברוך הוא שהתיבות מתחלקות לשמות בענין אחד כאילו תחשוב על דרך משל כי פסוק בראשית יתחלק לתיבות אחרות כגון בראש יתברא אלהים וכל התורה כן מלבד צירופיהן וגימטריותיהן של שמות וכבר כתב רבינו שלמה בפירושיו בתלמוד ענין השם הגדול של ע”ב באיזה ענין הוא בשלשה פסוקי’ ויסע ויבא ויט ומפני זה ספר […]


The Torah and Civilization

ישעיהו פרק ב פסוק ג וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל הַר יְקֹוָק אֶל בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה וּדְבַר יְקֹוָק מִירוּשָׁלִָם: And many nations will say “Let us go up to the Mount of the L-rd, to House of G-d of Jacob, and they will teach us His ways and we will go in His paths,” because from Zion will […]


Introduction to Three Essays

The tantalizing Biblical account of the  Tree of Knowledge  may very well be about Man’s ability to discern the difference between Good and Evil.  What if the Biblical command is a denial of Man’s ability and privilege to set standards of behaviour? The philosophers of the Eighteenth Century Enlightenment posited that Man has the ability  to set his own standards. Men can rely on their moral sense.  However, […]


The Diagnosing and Drugging of ‘ADHD’ Children — An American Tragedy Worsens

THE BLOG 10/25/2011 04:55 pm ET By Dr. Peter Breggin The diagnosing of millions of children with ADHD in order to medicate them with stimulants and other psychoactive chemicals is an American tragedy, growing into a worldwide catastrophe. Never before in history has a society attempted to deal with its children by drugging a significant portion of them into conformity while failing to meet their needs in the […]