Prayer is the salient expression of religious emotion and of man’s relationship with God. Presumably every religious person has asked themselves this question: how much prayer do I need in my life and does it …
Focus on things within your impact not on your feelings regarding things
Thoughts of Parashat Balak
Menachem Mirski
Technological progress and the speed of information exchange in the modern world has had many advantages. We have at …
About our obligations to the Covenant.
Thoughts on Parashat Bamidbar
Menachem Mirski
This Sabbath we begin the Book of Numbers, in Hebrew Bamidbar (In the Desert). At the beginning of Parashat Bamidbar God asks Moses to conduct …
This is a day whose significance cannot be ignored, even if it is a day which has many facets. Officially, on 8th. May 1945, the Third Reich capitulated
Purifying the Realm of Order
Thoughts on Parashat Acharei Mot
Menachem Mirski
Human beings dominated the world initially not by their physical power but by the power of intellect. The physical dominion came long after, with the …
Although the novelty of being homebound has worn off, the restrictions and the effects remain. In Israel on Yom HaZikaron many bereaved families feel bereaved yet again that they cannot attend the cemeteries or memorials …
Pesach, the festival of freedom, has just ended. The concept of freedom is inextricably linked to the concept of choice. Life brings choices before us, maybe not all the time, but it does, at least …
