בס”ד Rabbi Meir Sendor The Gemara Pesachim (85b-86a) describes the Pesach Seder as it was observed in Jerusalem in the time of the Second Temple, including its stirring climactic conclusion. All Israel would file through the Temple in designated…
Closer than Close
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פרשת בראשית תשפ”ד
This was a drashah given at our local synagogue in Efrat yesterday on Shabbat. Actually, it was delivered in a bomb shelter near the shul to be ready just in case. Thankfully it was just a precaution, but we are…
Blessings for Rosh HaShanah 5783
בס”ד by Meir Sendor In the Mahzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur we pray to HaShem that all God’s creatures “become together a single bond to do Your Will with a full heart.” In his commentary on parashat…
Crisis Management
Yes, we did say that we wouldn’t be posting things weekly, but this was too important. בס”ד Yom Kippur 5782 Rabbi Meir Sendor Some of us have been wrestling with serious issues of conscience that come to the fore…
Twin Peaks
בס”ד Parashat Ki Tavo 5781 Rabbi Meir Sendor The rapid re-collapse of Afghanistan into the hands of the barbaric Taliban is a rude awakening for Western liberal societies. The pundits are trying to figure out what went wrong with twenty…
My Brothers’ and Sisters’ Guardian
בס”ד Parashat Shoftim 5781 Meir Sendor With new strains of the pandemic surging here, and all around the world, the government, trying to avoid a full lockdown, is calling for a sense of responsibility from all citizens: to get vaccinated;…
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
בס”ד Parashat Va’etchanan, Shabbat Nachamu 5781 by Meir Sendor This Shabbat is also Tu B’Av, the fifteenth of the month Menachem Av. Following the mournful period that just concluded with Tisha B’Av, in contrast, Tu B’Av is one of the…
Higher Criticism
בס”ד Parashat Matot – Mas’ei 5781 Rabbi Meir Sendor (יב) תהלים פרק צד אַשְׁרֵ֤י׀ הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑-הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ: Assured is the person You chastise, God, and from Your Torah You teach him (Ps. 94:12) Many years back we…
No Person is Lost
בס”ד Parashat Pinchas 5781 Meir Sendor We have been following with heavy hearts the reports of the horrific collapse of the apartment building in Miami. At this point hope of finding survivors is fading. Communities in the States, in Israel,…
