Editorial

42 articles in Editorial.

A Slap in the Face of SilenceParshas VayeiraRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1188Hush! Yes, there is “ A time for silence and a time to speak” (Koheles 3:7)...
Reprehensible!Rabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1187“How could she? That’s reprehensible!”
Lose the Stupid Smartphone!TishreiRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1186A yungerman, a visitor it seemed (from the style of his beard), had his smartphone out to capture a moment he wished to preserve.
G-d, My BestieSukkosRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1185If the Sukka represents G-d’s love for the Jewish people, wouldn’t the Baal Shem Tov, the great champion of Ahavas Yisroel, want to beautify his Sukka in every way possible?
You Don't Count!Parshas NitzavimRosh HashanahRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1184“All a man’s provisions are allotted for him from Rosh HaShana until Yom HaKippurim” * The Aron did not occupy any space; its measure did not count.
G-d's First and FinestParshas Ki SavoRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1183Mundane or not, each moment contains everything within it, eternity, and it is a gift of devotion to G-d, like the joyous presentation of first fruits in the Holy Temple.
A Good Compensation Package or a Real Partnership?Parshas Ki SeitzeiRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1182Reward is not for someone who is obligated to work, but for one who binds himself in a kind of consensual, contractual agreement to work for specified compensation, such as a hired worker.
Moshiach’s MuseRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1181It didn’t happen on Gimmel Tammuz 5754; it happened before that. It didn’t happen on 27 Adar 5752; it happened before that too.
Elul: The All-SeeingElulRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1180How can we even be expected to feel for G-d the way we feel for a trusted friend? Is that a realistic, attainable goal?
Repent – for what?Rabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1179A perfect tzaddik has no negativity in him at all. Struggling with seeing how it applies to him, the tzaddik asks – repent for what?!
Thought Is a Misnaged: Dance out of ExileRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1178On the 15th of Av, the girls of Jerusalem would go out to dance in the vineyards in search of their soulmates .
A House Full of AngelsRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1177What’s the point of seeing the Beis HaMikdash on Shabbos Chazon if on that very day it is destroyed, G-d forbid?!
Ker a Velt Haint!Parshas PinchasYud-Beis TammuzRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1176The Beis HaMikdash was not destroyed in a single moment in time, close to 2000 years ago, in the wake of which there are the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av … No!
FirebrandRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1175Now Beis Moshiach is fresh, provocative – and yes, shocking at times. * No longer do we rest on the laurels of “heralding” the redemption.
Who Are You?!Gimmel TammuzRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1173Who am I? Who is anybody?
My Pinky FingerGimmel TammuzRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1172Gimmel Tammuz became a gamechanger to our senses. Of course, sources say that nothing changed.
The Anti-MoshiachRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1171If our eyes are lying and nothing has changed since Gimmel Tammuz, if the laws of nature do not apply to such a tzaddik, how can he be said to have self-sacrifice?!
Behind the Pargod with G-dRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1170What compelled this distance? Is there an iron curtain between them?
An Alternative Remedy for ShavuosParshas YisroShavuosRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1169If the Torah is going to chime in about medicine, it must follow the cutting edge of medical progress to remain relevant to the “evolving” human body.
You Think We’re Fat...?Rabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1167What a peculiar tale. Such fascination with fat Sages? But maybe their waistline is not the point here, and the Talmud is hinting at something very deep…
Rising in RagsParshas EmorRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1166What kindness is there in resurrecting Jews in the filthy clothing of exile? What compassion is there in prolonging their ailments in the Future Era? * Try to be a tzaddik?
Be a Man – Of G-dRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1165We live in unpreceded times. The Rebbe’s broad shoulders that carried the world’s weight is now our load to bear. How can that possibly be?
Like the Face of a DogRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1164Hauntingly reminiscent of prewar lampoons in Nazi Germany, depicting fanged, menacing, demonic Jews, here contemporary Jewish leadership is likened to a dog.
De-Monstering the Defiant SonPesachRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1163As the 80% were dying and being buried, 20% were plotting a map to vast treasures they would plunder.
A Birthday Celebration to Break the Status Quo of GalusYud-Alef NissanRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1162It is not enough to celebrate 11 Nissan because it is the right thing to do, because we know it is required of the Rebbe’s Chassidim (even though it is virtually Erev Pesach).
The 10,000-Pound ElephantRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1161Our vision is so distorted that the proverbial elephant we are so accustomed to and so adept at ignoring has camouflaged itself completely.
Moshiach Needs You, the Lamed Vov’nik!Rabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1160“A person buys a ticket to win the lottery – not the second or third prize, but first prize! Someone has to win – he reasons – so why shouldn’t it be me?
The Misnomer of “Toxic Masculinity”PurimRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1158Terms like “toxic masculinity” are so damaging because they ascribe qualities to masculinity that have nothing to do with it.
Let Moshiach Come Now, Even If to Save a Single JewRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1157“What I want, You can’t give me!” he cried out to Hashem.
All We’re Missing Is Miyad, UrgencyRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1156It is G-d’s will that there should be death. It is G-d’s will there should be exile, rachmana litzlan.
Troubleshooting the Madness of ExileParshas Ki SisaRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1155Einstein famously defines insanity as “doing something over and over again and expecting a different result.” Are we insane to think that what we’ve done until now suffices?!
A Vulnerable RebbeParshas TerumahRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1154When G-d spoke and the world came into being, a world where He sent the souls of His beloved nation, the Jewish people, G-d became “vulnerable,” dependent on us to succeed in our mission.
Just to Be a Part of ItPurimRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1153I don ’ t suppose we need more reasons why the exile would be postponed.
What If G-d Himself Wants the Status Quo?Rabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1152A s the leader and prophet of our generation, the Rebbe has heralded the imminent redemption, yet still we wait and wait.
Not So Aht AhtParshas ShoftimRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1151So many years have passed since then – even decades. It’s an absolute disgrace that the Rebbe’s prophecy of imminent redemption has been delayed this long!
At the Crossroads to Bring MoshiachRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #1000Beis Moshiach weekly magazine presents a pathway that makes sense, even in the face of such overwhelming darkness. Fine.
When Pragmatism Is a SinRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #994The main argument brought by autonomy supporters is bogus.
900 Issues – One MissionRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #900By Divine Providence, the 900 th issue of Beis Moshiach will appear concurrent with the Kinus HaShluchim, for the goals are identical: to do the one and only remaining shlichus of…
The Return Policy on a Defective SoulYom KippurRabbi Boruch Merkur · Editorial · #383The ark was opened and the Torah scrolls were brought out before the hushed crowd. The solemn tun...
Why Praise the Romans?Lag BaOmerRabbi Boruch Merkur · EditorialRebbi Shimon is concerned with character or quality – is the wild beast dangerous? Is the chametz consumable?
See No EvilParshas NoachRabbi Boruch Merkur · EditorialHere the Rebbe provides a kind of litmus test for righteousness… * When we are no longer bogged down in the mire of the world, we are available to focus on bettering the world around us.
Hunker DownParshas BalakRabbi Boruch Merkur · EditorialIs the concept of Armageddon, mass destruction, consistent with Torah? Should I take out a mortgage on an underground bunker?