Double Adars- February 27, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzSo here we are, on a drab, wintry day in Chodesh Adar, and there seems to be nothing but sorrow all around. In addition to grief caused by dreaded diseases and untimely deaths, we grapple with problems arising from divisiveness and machlokes. The backbiting and discord come from all sides.There are so many arguments in our community, and so many lives disrupted by these quarrels. People are wrongly blamed for things they did not do; whispering campaigns seek to destroy.http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/02/double-adars.html Modern Day Calves- February 20, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThis week, in Parshas Ki Sisa, we read of the tragic downfall of the Bnei Yisroel in the incident with the Golden Calf. Moshe Rabbeinu went up to Har Sinai to receive the Torah and when he failed to return at the expected time, the people were ready to embrace the worship of a molten calf crafted from their wives jewelry. These were the people of the Dor Deah, the generation that stood at the foot of Har Sinai and declared Naaseh vnishmah. How could they have...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/02/modern-day-calves.html Apathy and Us- February 13, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzSome questions boggle the mind. No matter how often we contemplate them, they leave us totally stymied. One of those unfathomable questions concerns the worlds apathy during the Holocaust years. How was it possible that as millions of Jews were being murdered, the world stood by and watched without a murmur of protest, without lifting a finger to help the victimsYes, a few heroic individuals tried to sound the alarm and halt the killings. Their names are quite familiar.http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/02/apathy-and-us.html |