It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the first birthday of our twin boys, Gavriel Yehuda and Michael Binyamin. As has been noted in
Selichot are already at full swing and well attended at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck. Indeed, Sephardic Jews enjoy reciting Selichot beginning
It is routinely taken for granted that the concept of tikun olam is integral to Aleinu. It turns out that this is probably not the
Parshat Ki Tavo Throughout these post-Tisha B’Av weeks, we have emphasized the point made by Tosafot (Megilla 31b) that the words of consolation and the
How lucky we are to have the gift of the Torah and to enjoy the results of our striving to get closer to Hashem. When
We have all experienced frustration at some point in our lives due to difficulty grasping a concept. As cognitively active beings, mankind must make sense
Once again it’s the time of the year we search for inspiration in order to improve aspects of ourselves and our lives. Rosh Chodesh begins
Part 12/Conclusion (Continued from last week) Return to Kletsk And so one morning I took the train to Kletsk. After an hour’s traveling, the train
We apparently own a cat, or possibly five. I don’t know. How do you take legal ownership of a cat? I ask because I don’t
(Courtesy of 100newfamilies) Faced with skyrocketing costs of housing and education, an increasing number of young Orthodox families are choosing to move to the vibrant,
Until two years ago most of us had never heard of Jo-Ann Hans. An event that took place on the corner of Westminster and New
This September, TeaneckShuls, a community email group serving shul-goers and others in the Teaneck vicinity, celebrates its 17th anniversary. Starting with only a handful of
