All posts by Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh
Bad Karma?
Pin It Is it possible that even when you do the right thing it will bring you negative consequences? Imagine that your Aunt walks into the room, this is the... Read More »
Welcome Sadness
Pin It I used to hate Tisha B’Av. I hated its sadness and discomfort. I must be getting older because now I long for it to begin. A friend of... Read More »
Candy Man
Pin It There was no one so frightening as the man who sat in the farthest back row of the synagogue. To most adults he was friendly and harmless, but... Read More »
What Does G-d Taste Like?
Pin It Shauli, our youngest son, was about seven years old as he sat across the table from me, at our favorite pizza shop. He considered a slice of pizza... Read More »
Taking My Mind for a Walk
Pin It One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the... Read More »
The Trouble With Antisemitism
Pin It The Trouble with AntisemitismUploaded by Jewneric For more information on Rabbi Karsh please visit The Torah Learning Center Read More »
Bedtime Stories
Pin It When we watch the evening news, everything we hear and see will have already happened. The news anchors are telling us stories. We watch because we believe that... Read More »
Simple Goodness
Pin It Several years ago, a collection of Jews from Chicago got together to deal with hatred run amok. They formed two groups which they ironically named “One Groups.” The... Read More »
Thinking about G-d
Pin It “Do you really think G-d exists?†(curious) “No.†“Excuse me?†(bewildered) “What?†“I just asked you if you think G-d exists and you said ‘No.’†“So?†“But you’re... Read More »
Is G-d Going to Kill Me?
Pin It Thursday night there was a terrorist attack at the Yeshiva Mercaz Harav. Many students were murdered. In light of that event I wanted to share a discussion I... Read More »
The Art of War
Pin It “All warfare is based on deception. Hence when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we... Read More »
The Sound of Silence, Jewish-Style
Pin It There is nothing more filled with sound than quiet. It is both fascinating and frightening to listen to the cacophony of my internal sounds. After all, who knows... Read More »
Thoughts
Pin It I have a revelation to make I wouldn’t tell this to just anybody most people would find this ridiculous and think me either mad or joking Read More »
Deep Thinking: Where is G-D?
Pin It Do you ever wonder why we need a Synagogue or a Temple to serve G-d? I mean, He’s everywhere, why focus our service of Him on a building?... Read More »
Shakespeare and Yom Kippur
Pin It A few years ago my son, Moishe, and I, went to see Hamlet. The theater was out of doors in a hilly, tree filled, part of Wisconsin .... Read More »
