Ein Kemo Shuvu- May 28, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzLast week, I was in the presence of the Shechinah. Its true. I havent lost my mind. I really was. It happened in Acco, way up in the north of Eretz Yisroel in a very mixed Arab-Jewish city.What was I doing in Acco and how do I know that I was in the presence of the Shechinah thereI really didnt want to go. I really wanted to stay home last week. I wasnt in the mood of flying away, and I had so much to do. But Shuvu was having a mission to Eretz Yisroel, they really...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/05/ein-kemo-shuvu.html A Gaping VoidWaiting To Be Filled- May 21, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzIt was a little over ten years ago. The phone rang early on a Friday morning. My wife answered and told me that Rabbi Sherer was on the line and wanted to speak to me. It had to be a prankster, I thought. Everyone knew that Rabbi Sherer had re-turned the night before from Eretz Yisroel and headed straight for the hospital. His dreaded disease had come back and everyone feared for his life. How could it be that he was on the phone, early in the morning, wanting to talk..http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/05/gaping-voidwaiting-to-be-filled.html The Lesson of Rabi Akiva- May 14, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs we proceed through the Sefirah period, it behooves us to contemplate what it is that we mourn for during these weeks.We all know that it was during this period that 24,000 talmidim of the great tanna Rabi Akiva passed away because they did not display proper respect for one another.The Chevron rosh yeshiva, Rav Simcha Zissel Broide ztl, asks what the connection is in the fact that they were students of Rabi Akiva. Obviously there is a connection, for otherwise...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/05/lesson-of-rabi-akiva.html Happy Anniversary- May 7, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzAs Israel prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary, its illuminating to turn back the pages of contemporary history to get a grasp of the origins of Zionism and how it brought about the spiritual alienation and moral decay that today threaten the tiny Jewish state.Zionism emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to decades of anti-Semitic persecution in Europe. It was the appalling outburst of French anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus affair that first catalyzed..http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-anniversary.html |