Category: Weekly Insight

    Birchat Kohanim, Who Does the Blessing? Adapted from Rabbi Braun’s sermon in 5774 I mean no disrespect to our kohanim when I ask: who are you to bless… Read more »

    Ayin Harah Adapted from Rabbi Braun’s sermon in 5768 I can’t tell you how many times I have been in a Shiva home where an elderly person has… Read more »

    Disgust of Mitzvoth – Problems Within Modern Orthodoxy Adapted from Rabbi Braun’s sermon in 5772 Modern or Centrist Orthodoxy communities take pride in being intellectually committed Jews. We… Read more »

    Judaism For All Adapted from Rabbi Braun’s sermon in 5769 By: Rabbi Braun Every so often I will be having a conversation with someone about Jewish law and… Read more »

    Bruce Jenner & Rav Aharon Lichtenstein ob”m on Homosexuals Adapted from Rabbi Braun’s sermon in 5775 Never in a million years did I think that Bruce Jenner’s transition… Read more »