Rabbi Sacks writes about the challenges of leadership, such as those experienced by Moses in this week’s parashah, Beha’alotecha. Spiritual leadership is especially challenging. Moses called on God to kill him because he could not manage the weight of leadership.
Rabbi Bouskila remembers the brilliance and encyclopedic knowledge of his uncle Isaac, z/l.
“Avinu Shebashamayim” by Cantor Phil Baron
Three guys do the “Torah tango” and try to stay up all night on Shavuot. (From the Rebbetzin Tap “Jewish Holiday Celebration” DVD
Rabbi Barenblat’s Drash on Beha’alotecha is a few years old, but is surprisingly poignant and relevant. Rabbi Barenblat writes about the repetitive motif—the cloud, the journey, the waiting.