As the days start getting shorter and the kids come home from camp, thoughts turn from the playground to the classroom. In addition to shopping
Dear Readers, Recently, we wrote an article concerning the advancement of robotics in the State of New Jersey. Within this article we gave a broad
My husband and I have been married for 54 years. We continue to live in the home where we raised our three children. Now we
I am not a fan of many of the delicacies of the past. People drooled over sweetbreads (organ meat from the thymus and pancreas??) and
It’s time to go back to school, although if you’re a student (especially one of my high school students), you probably don’t even know why.
My middle child, son #2, is leaving the nest to go to learn in Israel for the year. The school he picked is a pretty
Let’s begin with the beautiful words of the Chayei Adam: “It is by reason of His great love for His people, Israel, that the Holy
The Dubno Maggid once solicited a very wealthy individual for a worthy tzedakah. The individual was known for being a kamtzan, a stingy person. The
As this Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh, we take a “break” from the series of “consolation” haftarot (shiva d’nechemta) to read the final perek in Sefer
It’s been a gratifying and enjoyable yet exhausting summer season. And now, after eight wonderful weeks at Camp Dora Golding, we have returned home. It
Beloved Shaarei Orah member Joe Negari called with a cutting-edge halachic question—does the halacha permit performing melacha on Shabbat via voice commands? Perhaps the prohibition
Devarim 13:13-19 It might have amazed Rabbi Baumgarten’s congregants to know this, but before the day Mel Crandall went missing the rabbi had never been
