Yonah Berman, at The Blogs

Jul 28, 2022, 3:50 PM

Masei, the second of our two parshiot this week, starts off “These are the journeys of the Israelites, who had left Egypt in organized groups under the leadership of Moshe and Aharon” (Num. 33:1). Abarbanel, a 15th and 16th Century...

Jul 22, 2022, 12:01 AM

From Zeal to Real: Pinchas, You and Me

Zealots. Zeal. Zealotry. Zealousness. A term which is complicated and an ideal which is controversial in our tradition. It was the Zealots who, close to 2,100 years ago, destroyed the granaries in Jerusalem, causing our ancestors to have to...

Jul 15, 2022, 12:53 AM

Ma Tovu: Sanctity and Sacredness in Our Communal Spaces

I recently traveled to Poland with a group of students from our yeshiva. Our main goals were to help members of the Polish Jewish community prepare for Passover and to provide assistance to Ukrainian refugees, Jewish and non Jewish,...

Apr 8, 2020, 3:25 AM

A Letter to Eliyahu Hanavi

14 Nissan, 5780 Dear Eliyahu, I am writing to you because you play such an important part in our Seders, and I’m worried what you are going to say when you join us this year. Ever since that time you questioned our...

About Me

Rabbi Yonah Berman lives in New York City, where he teaches Torah, is a proud father and husband and tries to make the world a better place one act at a time.