May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h.   This week we learned Sanhedrin

I sat in shul this Yom Tov focused on my davening. My seat was against a wall, where I prefer to sit, so as not

A young rabbi called before Rosh Hashanah with an inquiry regarding the Sephardic piyut for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, “Hashem Shamati Shim’acha Yareiti.” It

This Shabbos there will be no Kiddush, no challah and no cholent. For many, there will be no Shabbos nap either. This Shabbos is Yom

On Yom Kippur, we are privileged to read two haftarot: the first, read during Shacharit, is taken from Sefer Yeshayahu, while the second haftarah, read

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”—Herman Hesse Yom Kippur, the most serious day of the Jewish

It was a year of first names. Indeed, there was Donald, Nikki and, sadly, even Harvey and Irma. Certainly, much happened in the Hebrew year

(Courtesy of Puah) “Pregnant and nursing mothers must fast the entire fast on Yom Kippur” (Shulchan Aruch. Orach Chaim 717:1). Most nursing mothers find it

It’s not easy to acknowledge a fault. Every married couple knows that turning to a partner and asking forgiveness upon realizing that one has made

As residents of Bergen County and its environs, we are blessed with a myriad of opportunities to recharge our spiritual batteries prior to all of

(Part 2 of 2) We returned to the shop about 5:00, and I told Sol that I had to speak to him. When everyone left,