A Lenient Ruling of Rama I recall learning as far back as elementary school that if one forgot to recite HaMelech HaMishpat during the Aseret
We all want to eventually get into Heaven. We spend much time studying Torah and doing mitzvot so as to pave the way to Gan
The universal nature of Rosh Hashanah isn’t limited to a particular nation and certainly not to a particular location. All human beings are judged and,
When discussing Rosh Hashanah with my high school students a number of years ago, one of my students said that Rosh Hashanah is similar to
It’s the million-dollar question: Why do we feel like we never change? The truth is that the question itself is a fallacy. Who doesn’t change
Question: How is it that we call the first 10 days of Tishrei the “Ten Days of Teshuva”? On Rosh Hashanah, the first two days
The Mishnah in Masechet Rosh Hashanah 26b records that in the Beit Hamikdash on Rosh Hashanah the shofar blast was accompanied by two trumpets that
In the Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 7B, we find: “Customarily, a man who knows that he is on trial wears black and wraps himself in
Anyone familiar with the Ten Commandments knows that we are not supposed to be jealous of what others have. How, then, can I suggest that
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 Menachot 22.
The root Sh-N-H has two meanings in Tanach. On the one hand, it means “to repeat.” (Of course, the word sheni, second, comes from this
Last month, a dream came true. Thanks to the help of some dear relatives, my son and I were able to go to Eretz Yisrael
