Jewish Family Service of Central NJ (JFSCNJ), a nonsectarian health and social service agency, will host two free programs in December for individuals who have
The partition between the men’s section and the women’s section in my shul has panes of one-way glass in it. With brighter light on one
My wife’s grandfather, Rav Moshe Aaron Poleyeff, zt”l, a rosh yeshiva of Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan Theological Seminary for 46 years, passed away in 1966. Rav
On Monday evening, December 3, a sizable crowd celebrated the second night of Chanukah at West Orange Town Hall. The menorah lighting was officiated by
“I can’t believe it’s almost over!” Those words said so often at the end of Chanukah (and our other holidays). It expresses the feeling that
Rav Mordechai Lebhar (Magein Avot EH 134) voices criticism of the BDA/RCA agreement based on the criticisms offered against the Moroccan prenuptial. Rav Lebhar documents
I wrote a column about this word before. But I thought about it again when I wrote my new book “Roots and Rituals,” and there
It is easy to give thanks to Hashem when all is going well. When we have plenty of money, are in good health and our
For almost a decade I had the great privilege of being the guidance counselor in Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch. On one occasion, I was conversing with
It’s 7 p.m. on a Sunday. Nineteen college students, male and female, gather around a table of chanukiot. A little girl jumps up and down
Ever since I was a little girl I’ve always loved Chanukah. Truth is, I love any holiday that revolves around family (read: latkes) and a
Parshat Mikeitz-Chanukah There is much that connects this week’s haftarah to the chag of Chanukah. The basis of the rabbinic decision to read a selection
