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Purim Perspective

The Yalkut Shimoni uses an interesting story to explain the Mitzvah to “Remember what Amalek did you”; One upon a time there was a king who planted a vineyard, placed a vicious guard dog inside a fence. He warned everyone that the dog would attack...

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Happiness

The Talmud in Ta’anit 29a, charges us to act to increase our joy once the month of Adar begins. We do not have such a concept with the month of Nissan – the month of Redemption. We do not begin the Month of Sivan, which is...

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The Vulnerability of Mistakes

Who advised Amalek to attack Israel? Balaam. His strategy was that the children of Avraham should attack the nation that existed on the merit of Avraham. Imagine what it was like for the Children of Israel, who understood the power of their connection to Avraham Avinu,...

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Hand Strategy

Isn’t it interesting that no one ever tried to replicate Moshe’s Hand strategy? There is no story in the bible in which a king or prophet stands atop a mountain or hill, and raises his hands upward to God to remind the soldiers to devote...