Parshat Shelach: 25 Sivan 5778 I’ve always found it intriguing that the 12 men sent by Moshe to investigate Canaan in Parshat Shelach are never
Under normal conditions, the journey from the Sinai Desert to the Land of Israel consumes all of 11 days! The original itinerary comprised a quick
Shlomo Hamelech stated: “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of celebration, and the living will
This past Memorial Day I led a group of men from our adult learning center at Yeshiva Ner Boruch, PTI, to a morning of Torah
I. What a Rabbi Does Most of us have been to enough Jewish weddings that we know how they work. We can easily officiate. Even
Part III The 16th century saw an unprecedented explosion of Jewish historical writing. According to Yerushalmi, “Within the span of 100 years no less than
The raison d’etre of Jewish day schools is to provide a quality education in the areas of Torah and wisdom studies. This, rightfully, generates ambitious
In August 2001 my sister and I spent several weekends cleaning out our mother’s apartment after she died unexpectedly. That experience was firsthand training for
Part 30 (written 2004) (Continued from previous week) To test the waters, I accepted a position as an extern in the professional department of the
Barbara Schreibman, MD, FACEP, associate chief of emergency medicine and medical director of EMS, has been an ER doctor at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
“Thank you for coming. You are the first person to sit and speak with me all day,” he said. Abe, an unaffiliated Jewish 68-year-old man,
Diets work. I love them all. Any time you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Unfortunately, the actual definition of diet is
