Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Saving the Pecan Orchard
This is a true story whose facts have been verified independently. Just two weeks ago during the last week of bein hazmanim …
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 21 (Jewish Understanding)
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Freeing the Hostages – Parshat Shofetim
In Parshat Shofetim, the Torah mandates the creation of judges and enforcement officers, "You shall place judges and officers in all your gates…"
Why is it necessary to have both judges and enforcement officers? Why couldn’t the judges also be the enactors of its enforcement?
I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – A song about Moshiach
What I did on my hols'... This is a song about Moshiach - the Messiah. "Maybe – today’s the day he’s going to come. Crazy? I’m used to people making fun. But everyday I’ll wait for him And no delay, my faith will dim. I just know - I think it’s gonna work out fine. "Take me a mile above the setting sun! I’ll wait there till all is seen and said and done. But one day soon the clouds will clear, And all the world, His voice will hear, I just know, I think it’s gonna work out fine. "I think it's gonna work out fine. I think it's gonna work out fine." The tune was originally written by McCoy and McKinney. Ry Cooder's version introduced the guitar riff.
The Jews Run the World! – Parshat Va’etchanan
Every person is priceless. A smile says, ‘You matter.’ A hello says, 'I noticed you – I didn’t cancel you.' A nod says, ‘You are in my world - I didn’t remove you from my radar. I respect you because you have a neshama – even when you make choices I wouldn’t make; even when you’re wrong.'
Tisha B’Av 5784 (Jewish Understanding)
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Free Love – A Tikun for Tisha B’Av
Every person is priceless. A smile says, ‘You matter.’ A hello says, 'I noticed you – I didn’t cancel you.' A nod says, ‘You are in my world - I didn’t remove you from my radar. I respect you because you have a neshama – even when you make choices I wouldn’t make; even when you’re wrong.'
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 20 (Jewish Understanding)
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Beyond Your Greatest Dreams! Parshat Mattot- Masei
"We have lived so long in darkness and in captivity that our horizons have shrunk, our aspirations dwindled. We have no idea what it will be like when the Moshiach comes, but when he arrives, it will be beyond our greatest dreams."
Thanks to all!
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 19 (Jewish Understanding)
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Everything Is for the Good – Parshat Pinchas
Everything Hashem does is for the good. Just sometimes it’s difficult to see it. We’re living in a time where it’s very difficult to see that everything Hashem is doing for the Jewish People leading to a day of great light.
Book Burning and the Seventeenth of Tammuz
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Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 18 (Jewish Understanding)
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The Last Carriage of History – Parshat Balak
Even when the night is closing in and we feel very much alone, we should know that Hashem is there with us every mile of the journey, and that we have nothing to fear.
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 17 (Jewish Understanding)
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Never Trust GPS! – Parshat Chukat
The negative drive is a master of misrouting. What may have been a necessary strategy in the past — or even a mitzvah — now, on this particular journey, may take you far from your goal.
How I Became Religious.
A 41 minute presentation about how I became religious.
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 16 (Jewish Understanding)
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Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 15 (Jewish Understanding)
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The Chosen People – Parshat Shelach
"...and indeed it is a Land that flows with milk and honey..." (13:27) God gave the Land of Israel for a specific purpose. Are we using the Land for that purpose? As of January 2025, The state of Louisiana will require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Said State’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, “If you want people to respect the rule of law you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses.” It seems that the State of Louisiana remembers something that the State of Israel has forgotten."
Don’t Forget the Coke
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Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 14 (Jewish Understanding)
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Bob Dylan Could Have Been a Rabbi! – Parshat Behalotecha
"When I think back over the many ex-observant Jews I‘ve known in my life, I often see a recurrent theme. When they were young, their innocent questions about Judaism were often met with “Don’t ask questions – that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Often this attitude turned them into unwilling atheists. I’ve often thought that the highest paid teachers in the Jewish educational system should be the first grade rebbes. A child’s entire future spirituality may rest in their hands. If a child’s question, “How do we know that God exists?” is met by red-faced stammering and a response of, “You can’t ask questions like that!” the child may well conclude that the reason you can’t ask that question is because there’s no answer to it."
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 13 (Jewish Understanding)
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“I Experienced the Resurrection of the Dead” – A Deeper Understanding of Shavuot.
Two weeks ago, I experienced the resurrection of the dead. An EGC revealed I needed prompt medical attention. Baruch Hashem, I was spared. Hashem's kindness and mercy is overwhelming. This near-death experience led me to a new understanding of the giving of the Torah at Sinai, and the festival of Shavuot.
Messages From God – Parshat Bechukotai
God sends us messages all the time. But different people hear different messages from the same event.
Liberty Bell – Parshat Behar
Why do we “proclaim freedom throughout the land” with a broken, imperfect bell? Please click below to see additional formats:
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 12 (Jewish Understanding)
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Is There Anyone Up There? Parshat Emor
On the one hand, the last seven months have been a frightening, disturbing, disorienting time , but they have also been most positive and inspiring.
Finding Your Path – Mesilas Yesharim PT 11 (Jewish Understanding)
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Ma Ashiv – An Original Song for Pesach!
A bit of history... The video is of the OHRchestra's first public appearance, at the OHR Somayach Simchas Beis Hashoeva about 5 years ago.