I don’t know if there’s anything worse than being a sock. Socks are put on hastily in the morning and have the inauspicious task of

The disproportion between Amalek’s crime and their punishment is stunning. Their desert attack of the pilgriming Jews elicits a seemingly exaggerated response—a specific mitzvah to

For many years now, I’ve been bothered with a question that I know many have asked. Hashem performed incredible miracles for the Bnei Yisrael as

This Shabbos we will be reading Parshat Zachor, where we are bidden to always remember Amalek. In Shemot (17:8-16) we read that Amalek became a

A middle-aged couple planned to celebrate their newly acquired status as empty nesters; they planned to check into a luxurious country spa for a midweek

Shabbat Zachor Parshat Tetzaveh The haftarah this Shabbat Zachor is the well-known story told in Sefer Shmuel I of King Shaul’s battle against Amalek, a

Two of the great leaders of the chasidic movement were the Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgenstern of Kotzk, known as the Kotzker

(Courtesy of Kollel Chatzos) Behind every mishloach manos label, behind every Purim sign, behind every Purim greeting, we have a wish… for a freilichen Purim

Human nature is a funny thing. At the root of our being we have a list of basic needs that range from interconnectivity, purpose and

We had an interesting experience today while sitting enjoying our frozen yogurt at Lazy Bean. A group of four teenagers, two boys and two girls,

OU Press, the publishing division of the Orthodox Union, announces the publication of Megillat Esther Mesorat HaRav, published in conjunction with Koren Publishers, Jerusalem. On