How Much I Am Offered? by Rabbi Y R Rubin Shlita
This week has seen one of the most fascinating auctions of recent history. In New York City (where else?) a prestigious auction house sold off all the contents of the…
Category: Inspiration
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Finding Hashem in the flight delay by Rabbi Y R Rubin
The phone rings at 3.30 in the morning, never a good sign, especially when you are living in my world of being a rabbi. This column is named Rabbi’s Journal,…
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Rhythm of the Heart Tehillim Chapter 75 by Rabbi Y R Rubin Shlita
It is so late in the night, or perhaps I should say so early in the morning, as the clock ticks its relentless way toward the rising sun and you…
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Highlights from the haftara, parashas Beshalach By Rabbi Yitzchak Reuven Rubin
There are certain truths that seem so apparent that we don’t even speak of them. This is a mistake because if they are not articulated they become lost or dormant…
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The Rhythm of the Heart, Tehillim Chapter 133. by Rabbi Y. R. Rubin
The following is from our Sefer on Tehillim, it touches on a number of important facets that we feel are worth reminding ourselves of. Tehillim is eternal as is its…
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Redeeming a fractured world by Harav Rubin Shlita
We were recently blessed with a lovely simcha, the Pidyon Haben of a great grandson. As I stood waiting for the proceedings to start I shared a whimsical observation with…
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From Slumberland to Wonderland by Rabbi Rubin Shlita
The soul longs for a closer connection with its essence and every mitzvah is meant to help us towards this goal. The problem is that there are so many distractions…
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Fast forward to the future by Rabbi Y. R. Rubin Shlita
A taanis isn’t something one looks forward to. Despite our hopes of weight loss, fasting never seems to do the trick; instead, we more than amply make up for a…
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Hearing and Accepting, by Rabbi Rubin Shlita
As first featured in the first volume of A Rabbi’s Journal authored by the Rav Shlita Hearing and Accepting It seems that with each passing Yomtov the Rubin household acquires…
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The antidote to default Yiddishkeit by Rabbi Y. R. Rubin
The secret of life is living it. We are gifted with so much, yet more often than not we seem to just be drifting. Things go on and we just…