Aharon Loschak

Why name the parshah after the secondary character?

If G‑d plants someone in your circle of influence who needs you, be there for them—even if it’s not your thing.

Moses was a true leader; he cared deeply for his people. So when he saw the moral failings of an entire group, he immediately looked inward.

The people in the desert were being gaslit, and big time.

Rabbi Shneur Oirechman was utterly distraught one early morning last month as he beheld the devastation wrought upon the Chabad-Lubavitch center he directs in Tallahassee, Fla. On May 8, a blaze ripped through the building in the middle of the night, and ...

The rabbi asked, “Do you want to learn?” Shmuel replied, “No. But I want to want to learn.”

What right did Chanah have to so rigidly determine her son’s destiny?

Couldn’t He have let them hang out in the Bahamas instead? Or at least some nice vacation spot along the Red Sea and let them do a little scuba diving?

There’s a reason things happen a certain way, and whether or not we’re in on the plan, there’s a plan nonetheless.

When you’re down in the dumps or trapped in a negative spiral, you can’t climb out by yourself.