Mordechai Weiss, at The Blogs

Nov 28, 2023, 12:18 AM

This week we read the Torah portion of Vayishlach which describes the story of our forefather Yaakov’s return to the Land of Canaan. Children from a young age are taught about many of those incidents associated with that journey, such as Yaakov wrestling with an...

Jun 19, 2023, 6:29 PM

Twenty And Counting

TWENTY YEARS – 75 Years At twenty for pursuit [of livelihood] (Pirkei Avot) Dedicated in honor of my hero Rabbi Yehoshua Fass. The Torah Reading of the week in Israel is “Chukat”. In it, among other things, the narrative advances to the final years of the...

Jun 2, 2023, 7:50 AM

Strength

In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) there is a passage that reads: “Ben Zoma said: Who is strong? He who conquers his evil inclination, as it says, ‘. . . he who masters his passions is better than one who conquers a city.’” Throughout the Bible, we find certain titles/attributes...

Jun 29, 2022, 2:46 PM

40 Years

July 1, 1982, was my very first day serving as a Shaliach of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zatzal with Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen county. Ellie and I were married in June 1981. Ronald Regan was in the first year of his Presidency. The big hit...

Apr 17, 2022, 6:12 PM

Shiputzim

When we made Aliyah back in 2003, the 11 of us, upon our arrival, went directly from Ben Gurion Airport to our newly built home in Mitzpeh Yericho. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Straight to Mitzpeh Yericho. We have been there ever...

Dec 25, 2020, 2:26 PM

The Road Not Taken

I have reached a milestone of sorts. I am a very, very fortunate person. Please God in February I will be celebrating my 62nd birthday. In the United States, you are entitled to receive your Social Security retirement benefits at that age, if you so...

Dec 22, 2020, 5:41 PM

My Successful Real Estate Experience in Israel

It will soon be exactly 20 years since the day we decided to begin our journey of settling in Israel. The journey we took until we eventually made Aliyah in 2003 was full of ups and downs. After all, we were a large family with...

Jul 12, 2020, 2:56 PM

Anger

In this week’s Torah portion we read; ” Moses became angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had returned from the campaign of the war.” I struggled with how to headline this Blog. I considered...

Jul 9, 2020, 5:50 PM

Leadership

The Lord said to Moses, “Take for yourself Joshua the son of Nun, a man of spirit, and you shall lay your hand upon him. And you shall present him before Eleazar the kohen and before the entire congregation, and you shall command him in...

May 24, 2020, 2:31 PM

The Priestly Blessing

I cried yesterday. Yesterday was the very first day that I attended a synagogue service ever since the ban on attending was implemented more than two months ago. It happened during the Priestly Blessing. “Birkhat Kohanim” – The Priestly Blessing is an ancient Jewish tradition....

About Me

Rabbi Mordechai Weiss was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and served as an emissary for Chabad in Teaneck, New Jersey for 21 years. Together with his family, he made Aliyah in July 2003 and is the author of "You Come For One Reason But Stay For Another." He is a licensed Tour Guide, a real estate agent for Noam Homes, a father of 12 children, and a grandfather of many. He resides in Mitzpeh Yericho, Israel.

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