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A GLIMPSE INTO MORDECHAI'S GREATNESS The very last verse in Megilas Esther describes the character of Mordechai HaTzadik. We must understand that the core essence of the Megilas Esther was Mordechai. The Rokeach teaches us that the first word of the Megila is ‘vay’hi’ and the last word is ‘zaroh.’ The gematria of the two words combined is 314, the exact gematria of Mordechai HaYehudi. This reveals to us that the Megilas		BARUCH GOLDSTEIN - 20 YEARS LATER The past week or so has witnessed a spate of “Remembering Baruch Goldstein” articles and video in the international media. This because the past week marked the 20th anniversary of his attack at Ma’arat HaMachpela, the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, in Hebron. This week was also declared ‘international open shuhada street week.’ All the more reason for negative publications about Hebron in

WHAT BIBI SHOULD HAVE TOLD OBAMA: HIS OWN WORDS 20 YEARS AGO

In the spring of 1994, the Israeli government, then led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, pondered dismantling the Hebron Jewish community, uprooting and expelling its Jewish residents. The Hebron Jewish Community sponsored a ‘Night to Honor Hebron’ in Jerusalem. Exactly...

COFFEE CAKE HAMANTASCHEN RECIPE

This Purim, we’re dressing up our hamantaschen as coffee cakes - It is after all a costume party! There’s nothing wrong with the classic strawberry, prune and apricot hamantaschen filling, but this coffee cake mixture, with its sweet and crunchy texture, will blow Haman’s...

HIKIND'S ANTI-NAZI CAMPAIGN RECALLS THE HORROR OF NAZI WAR CRIMES

“Would you be a Nazi’s neighbor?” Assemblyman Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is asking this question on a series of ads and posters that will be appearing in newspapers beginning tomorrow and on MTA bus stop shelters beginning next week. The ads and posters are part of Hikind’s...

COURTESY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

“There is no such thing as privacy anymore.” “There are no secrets anymore.” These are two complaints that are heard frequently nowadays. We live in a world of cell phones and e-mails, blogs, Facebook and Twitter. We have no privacy, for almost...

UNLOCK YOUR SAVINGS?

This interesting question was brought before a Bais Din in Eretz Yisroel. A locksmith got a call in middle of the night to help a family who was on the way home from a wedding. They had forgotten their keys. They said that they would not be able to get in to the house. The locksmith came and...

IT'S SHABBOS KODESH: WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

One of the most heinous crimes in Judaism is the desecration of the Shabbos. The Gemora informs us that whoever denies the Shabbos, it’s as if he denies the entire Torah. The posuk proclaims, “M’challeha mos yumas – One who desecrates it (Shabbos) will...

THOUSANDS RALLY FOR POLLARD AT U.S. EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV

Thousands of people chanted “Free Pollard now” and “Enough is enough” in a demonstration for the release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard opposite the US Embassy in Tel Aviv Sunday night. “Today, after nearly 30 years [that Pollard sits] in...

HIKIND UNVEILS FIRST WAVE OF 320 CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED IN MASSIVE SECURITY INITIATIVE

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has unveiled Brooklyn’s much-anticipated security initiative—an expensive, state-of-the-art system of surveillance cameras designed to protect residents of Borough Park and Midwood. Assemblyman Hikind was joined this morning by elected officials...

ABOVE SUSPICION

I have written and lectured extensively on the topic of Jewish leadership. I have frequently indicated that I consider Moses our teacher, Moshe Rabbeinu, a role model for those who would be leaders. Once, after a lecture on just this topic, I opened the floor to a question-and-answer...