Loyal to the Truth- June 25, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe classic paradigm of a machlokes that hides behind the mantle of piety and ends up wreaking havoc is the spat started by Korach. Supposedly a brilliant man and a leader in Klal Yisroel, he had the audacity to challenge the leadership of Moshe and Aharon.Its difficult to decide what is more extraordinary, that a person of his rank and intelligence could presume that he could wrest the leadership of Am Yisroel from Hashems chosen emissary, or that people would...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/06/loyal-to-truth.html How To Know What To Say And Do- June 18, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzThe tragedy of the meraglim as recounted in Parshas Shelach is one of the most remarkable episodes in the Torah. It is difficult to understand what went into this devastating event, the complex factors behind the mission, and how ten of the finest leaders of the Jewish people failed so miserably in their shlichus.The Bnei Yisroel who asked for the spies to be sent to the Promised Land were the same people who not long before had been rescued from being lowly slaves in..http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-know-what-to-say-and-do.html Were Not Budging- June 4, 2008 By Rabbi Pinchos LipschutzFor the first time in my life, I found myself in Meron on Lag Baomer two weeks ago. It is a wild scene, with hundreds of thousands of all kinds of Jews descending on a small enclosed area on top of a mountain.I was packed together with thousands of people on a small plot of land as we watched the lighting of the traditional flame on the kever of Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai. It was so crowded that one couldnt move and could barely breathe.I had arrived as part of a group...http://rabbipinchoslipschutz.blogspot.com/2008/06/were-not-budging.html |