The Gift of Matzoh- April 30, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzA couple of nights before Pesach, I had a dream. In the dream, I came up with a new understanding of the posuk, Vacharei chein yeitzu brechush gadol, in which Hashem foretold to our forefather Avrohom the future course of Jewish history. After being enslaved for many years, the Jewish people would be freed and would depart their host country with a great treasure.The common understanding is that this promise of a great treasure was fulfilled with the vast quantity of...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/04/gift-of-matzoh.html Shehecheyanu- April 16, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzI recently walked into the Print House, an artframing store in Lakewood. I was perusing the sale items when a particular painting stopped me in my tracks. It grabbed me in a strange way and I stood there studying it, unable to move on. I asked Naftali Kovalenko, the proprietor, what he was thinking when he bought that painting. Who in Lakewood could relate to it What did he think he was going to be able to do with itHe shrugged his shoulders and said, You never know....http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/04/shehecheyanu.html Pesach Preparations- April 9, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzSome Yomim Tovim have a way of just creeping up on you. Before you realize that they are around the corner, theyve arrived. Pesach is different. Pesach is in the air weeks before the Yom Tov actually arrives, wherever you go in the Jewish world.The stores are packed with shoppers buying everything from fish to shoes lekavod Yom tov. Bochurim are home from yeshiva, giving their homes, shuls and streets a different look.Wherever you go, you hear vacuum cleaners whirring..http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/04/pesach-preparations.html We Arent In Kansas Anymore- April 2, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIt was the talk of town wherever religious Jews congregated. Did you hear about that guy in Lakewood How could he have pulled it off There has to be more to the story. A man from Kansas impersonating a Lakewood yungerman It just cant be.The story was told that a man facing trouble in Kansas conned his way into the Lakewood Torah community without anyone catching on to him. The charade lasted a number of years before the man from Kansas ran out of steam and gave it...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-arent-in-kansas-anymore.html |