Joseph Isaac Korf

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Aug 8, 2017, 5:52 AM

Focus on the real danger not the shiny object

I think what I'm about to say is political heresy. But I honestly believe we should stop wasting our time with NoKo and Kim Jung Un. What seems like a military juggernaut is a paper tiger. If there was...

Aug 4, 2017, 10:31 PM

Be Consoled and Comforted! Redemption is Real!

"Console yourselves, comfort yourselves My people," says your G-d! Isaiah 40:1; Haftarah for Shabbat after Tisha B'Av I was commenting at our break-fast in Shul, "boy, wrapped up another Tisha B'Av. Another one in the books." Keep on hoping and wishing...

Jun 14, 2017, 10:49 PM

Where are you Caleb? Where are you Lincoln? We Need you!

"Even if he tells us to build ladders and go up to the heavens we would succeed in all that he orders!!" Caleb in part of his response to the spies (Rashi on Numbers 13:30) “A house divided against...

May 19, 2017, 8:10 PM

Anxiety Reversed – Depression Transformed

You ever get a feeling of dread and a pall of anxiety shroud you? You ever experience pain in the pit of your stomach from fear and despondency? You walk around in a haze. You worry over the next day....

May 6, 2017, 12:12 AM

The War Within Leads to Love With Others:A Lesson for the Sefirah Days

R' Shlomo Maidancik, ob"m, who served as mayor of Kefar Chabad, Israel for many years, was also one of the community leaders and a stalwart for Jewish causes not to mention many Chabad activities. This brought him close to...

Mar 6, 2017, 5:21 AM

Lawless rabbis and their dangerous agendas

Q: May a Jew, especially a rabbi, protest an Executive Order of a president of the United States? Is it even more egregious if he does so by publicly advocating on behalf of disobeying said presidential order? A: …Through what...

Feb 22, 2017, 7:38 AM

The Topsy Turvy Dangerous World We’re Creating

What was once ignored because we may not judge or because guilt by association is unacceptable, although it is used in every facet of life and work. Nevertheless, when it came to Obama, the rule-book no longer mattered. He was...

Feb 19, 2017, 10:08 PM

Truth, Justice, Torah and the American Way

In this week's Parsha we read the highlight of Jewish history and life; the Revelation at Mount Sinai and the Covenant that made us a "...precious treasure for Me more than all other nations...to be to Me a kingdom...

Feb 3, 2017, 5:57 AM

Can we Give G-d a Chance? What do we have to Lose?!

...When you take the people out of Egypt you will serve G-d on this mountain. -- Exodus 3:12 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...

Feb 1, 2017, 1:24 AM

Sometime’s Politics is not Politics, it’s Existential

It has come time for Trump and the GOP to take the bull by the horns. Enough is enough. The Dems have instigated mob rule and anti-law behavior. No matter what and no matter how angry one is this...

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About Me

Graduate of the Rabbinical College of Greater Miami and Central Lubavitch Yeshivah in NY. Rabbi in Hollywood, FL leading its community as the Chabad Emissary and member of Florida Friends of Lubavitch for over 25 years. "Father and grandfather is something I'm most proud of and strive to get better."