by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Nov 4, 2016 | Current Events
Lord Balfour, Rav Kook and the Torah As UNESCO was busy passing its second resolution in a month denying the Jewish origins of the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit), the Jewish people were preparing for the Succos festival and decorating their Succos with beautiful and...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Oct 9, 2016 | Moadim
Yizkor A few weeks ago I was in Israel, trying to be helpful to my father, who was in the hospital. On Sunday morning I took a brief stroll to the hospital’s small shul, and noticed a Sefer, a book that I had never seen before, a new collection of Torah thoughts from...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Jul 19, 2016 | Current Events, Divrei Torah
Another week, another tragic terrorist attack. Another disastrous outcome of a conflict between radical Islam and civilization. As we mourn the losses and contemplate the continued carnage resulting from this conflict, we can consider how Torah guides us in the...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Jul 6, 2016 | Other
This article is dedicated to the dedicated Jewish residents of the Chevron area, and in memory of Hallel Yafa Ariel of Kiryat Arba and Rav Miki Mark of Otniel in the Chevron Hills, both of whom were murdered this past week, hy”d. The residents of the Chevron region...
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Jun 21, 2016 | Divrei Torah
One of the primary roles of the Levi’im – the one that we most readily associate with them – is that of the musicians, the Meshorerim, who enhanced the Temple offerings with their songs. Yet this role is not explicitly described in the Torah, where instead their role...
