by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Apr 5, 2016 | Divrei Torah
The reason for the annual pre-Pesach reading of Parshas Parah, the Torah instruction regarding the Parah Adumah (Red Heifer), is almost as enigmatic as its subject. While in a general sense we read it to establish purity in anticipation of the holiday season, this...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Mar 29, 2016 | Divrei Torah
Every year around this time I join dozens of members of our community and thousands of Jews from all over the country at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, an event that has accurately been referred to as America’s largest non-Haredi gathering of Jews. And it...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Mar 15, 2016 | Current Events
February 28, 2015[1] President Obama: Today in synagogues all across the world we read a portion of the Torah known as “Parshat Zachor”. In this brief reading we evoke the mandate to recall what the nation of Amalek had done to us when we left Egypt over three...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Mar 7, 2016 | Klal Perspectives
Introduction: Thinking About Marriage The topics that have been discussed in the various issues of Klal Perspectives present as variations on a theme: Our focus on form over substance leads to simplistic and externally-driven decision making, and to a system that...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Feb 22, 2016 | Other
Women serving as breadwinners is not a contemporary novelty. The Mishna (TB Kesubos 59b) considered it incumbent upon active homemakers to contribute to the family income in order to avoid the spousal tension bred by his earning money and her spending it. The Mishna...
