Rabbi Mordechai Becher offer thoughts and prayers to the JBS community amidst the tragic war in Israel.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses the existence of doodles that appear in the margins of ancient texts, guiding us through a charming and humorous look at the humanity of doodling, and the reassuring fact that this aspect of human culture has not changed in thousands of years.  Rabbi Mordechai Becher is Gateways Organization senior lecturer and […]

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Using biblical text and rabbinic commentary, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the Jewish understanding of recreational drug use, substance abuse and addiction in “Marijuana and Jewish Law” on the JBS original series “Dimensions of the Daf.”

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer for the Gateways Organization and author of “Gateways To Judaism,” uses examples from Responsa Literature to examine the Talmudic concept of “Repentance.” JBS’s original series, “Dimensions of the Daf.”

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher looks to the book of Samuel to explore the Talmudic question ‘what’s the difference between King Saul and King David?” On JBS’s original series Dimensions of the Daf.

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains how even though the Ten Commandments are wonderful and beautiful, they are not more important than the rest of the Torah. On JBS’s original series Dimensions of the Daf

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher addresses questions of halacha and observance amidst unthinkable circumstances like the Shoah.

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