Rabbi Yaakov Menken

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Name: Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Date registered: July 20, 2006

Biography

Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Founder and Director of Project Genesis, has been called a 'visionary' in the field of Jewish Outreach. Project Genesis supports outreach organizations worldwide, while operating Torah.org, the Internet's premier Jewish learning web site. Both Yaakov Menken and his organization maintain open communication with Jews at all levels of learning and education, and Project Genesis is endorsed by Jewish leaders from across the Jewish spectrum.

Latest posts

  1. The Greatest Gift — May 14, 2013
  2. The Sabbath Festival — April 26, 2013
  3. Guarding Your Tongue — April 12, 2013
  4. Everyone Makes Mistakes — March 15, 2013
  5. My Contribution — March 1, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. The Choices We Make — 13 comments
  2. In the Name of Religion… — 9 comments
  3. Finding Happiness — 7 comments
  4. No Blind Faith — 7 comments
  5. Shavuos — a Time to Deepen the Relationship — 7 comments

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May 14

The Greatest Gift

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Share via emailPassover has Matzah, the Seder, and wine. Sukkos has the Four Species and the Sukkah. But what does Shavuos have? It has the Torah! This is the day when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people. And because our holidays are not simply commemorations, but eternal links back to the sanctity of …

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Apr 26

The Sabbath Festival

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Share via emailIn this week’s reading, the Torah talks about Shabbos, the Sabbath. In this case, however, it comes with an unusual introduction. “Speak to the Children of Israel, and say to them the festivals of G-d, which you shall declare, the Holy Convocation — these are my festivals. Six days shall you do labor, …

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Apr 12

Guarding Your Tongue

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Share via emailIn this week’s reading, we read about the punishment of tzara’as, which is often mistranslated as “leprosy” because it could appear as a white blemish on skin. it was a purely spiritual punishment, however, which only existed long before the current exile. Our Sages tell us that this punishment came about due to …

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Mar 15

Everyone Makes Mistakes

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Share via emailBelieve it or not, this week’s message was not inspired by the fact that the Catholic Church has chosen a new Pope; it just offers a convenient contrast. As you probably know, there is, in their beliefs, a doctrine of papal infallibility. When the Pope teaches the rules, he is always right. It …

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