by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Aug 9, 2011
Don’t lie to HaShem There are three stages in the teshuva (repentant) process: to admit the sin before HaShem to feel remorse at having sinned to vow never to repeat the sin One who desecrated the Shabbat by having a great time on the golf course followed by a...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Aug 4, 2011
BS”D Parashat Devarim 5771 Part A: As a responsible Rav, leader and father figure, it was Moshe’s responsibility to shower praise on the nation for the good they did, and to reprimand and reproach them when they strayed from the Torah’s directives. The...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jul 27, 2011
BS”D Parashat Masai 5771 Consider the words: Dafka, Alush, Ritma, Barsa, Mitka, Avrona – what do they mean to you? Taken out of context, they have no meaning, they are obscure and irrelevant; however, within the context of our parsha they gain great...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jul 20, 2011
BS”D Pinchas and Matot 5771 and the 17th of Tamuz The Jewish world is still reeling from the events in Boro Park. A nine year old boy went missing and several days later was later found hideously murdered. And in defiance of the logical, expected outcome of the...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jul 15, 2011
BS”D Parashat Pinchas 5771 Part A: This parsha always draws me close to tears. How I feel for the greatest of men – Moshe Rabbeinu – who was forced to succumb to the harsh, decisive judgement of HaShem that he would be excluded from entering the Holy...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jul 7, 2011
BS”D Parashat Balak 5771 Diminutive in size but giant in spirit, our beloved Medinat Yisrael, has made the world stand still (figuratively) more than once since its re-establishment 63 years ago. The world looked in disbelief, when in 1948 a mere handful of...