Posts Tagged: rabbi josh gerstein
Ki Tavo: Jewish Identity and the Message of the First Fruits
Jews and Judaism represent a peculiar phenomenon that is found nowhere else in the world: Jews are a nation and Judaism is a religion, yet these two...
Revisiting the Sin of the Golden Calf
At the beginning of Parshat Ki Tisa, we read about one of the most defining and difficult moments in Jewish history -- the sin of the golden calf. The...
The Essence of a Jewish Leader
In Parshat Yitro, we find an interesting dialogue between Moses and his father-in-law Yitro -- a conversation that ultimately leads to the implementation of an organized judicial...
Spiritual Freedom Is Just as Important as Physical Freedom
Parshat Shemot (Exodus) begins with the rise of a new Pharaoh in Egypt, and the subsequent enslavement and subjugation of the Jewish people under his regime....
