Rabbi Michael BarclayDec 31, 2021Vaera: Change is Coming, and It Will be a BlessingI constantly remind people of the power of the teaching of both the RaMBaM and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said that we could look through...
Rabbi Michael BarclayDec 23, 2021Shemot: The Power of Women“But the midwives feared G-d, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive” ---Ex. 1:17
Rabbi Michael BarclayDec 17, 2021VayechiWhen Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Manasseh, he does not ask that God bless the boys, but rather that the “angel who redeemed”
Rabbi Michael BarclayDec 10, 2021Vayigash: The Ritual that Defines a JewThe primary ritual in Judaism is the brit milah, the circumcision that has been part of our culture since Abraham (Gen 17)