Well folks, Super Bowl weekend is here. Everywhere you turn, from ShopRite to Chuck E. Cheese, you can find people in their football finest. At
Gifts are wonderful to receive and always much appreciated. The age-old question, which not everyone is eager to discuss openly, is exactly how much is
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h, and Meira Chaya Nechama Beracha, a”h,
We do something very unusual in Kiddush Levana. After reciting the first half of Exodus 15:16 three times, “tipol aleihem eimatah va-fachad, bigdol zeroacha yidmu
It was an idyllic five days I spent during yeshiva week in Israel with my son Binyamin. Learning with Binyamin, who is spending his second
One of the primary themes of Har Sinai was the absence of any images associated with God. The heavens reverberated with the fulminating Divine voice,
Although the 12th perek of Shemot is regarded as the beginning of the “real” Torah, i.e., the mitzvah section (see Rashi’s first comment in Sefer
Naaseh v’nishma, “we will do and we will hear”; these are the famous words klal Yisrael said when Hashem offered us the Torah. The Gemara
We sometimes forget that the Jews accepted the Torah 50 days after their exodus from Mitzrayim. Yet, even though they were at the infancy stage
Joe McCannon was a husband, father, grandfather, neighbor, activist and philanthropist. But above all he was legendary as an absolutely diehard New York Giants fan.
When people ask “How are you doing?” we typically reply “Baruch Hashem.” One might assume that this readily translates into “Thank God.” However, based upon
הוֹדו לַה’ קִרְאו בִשְׁמוֹ, הוֹדִֽיעו בָעַמִּים עֲלִילתָֹיו….יִשְׂמַח לֵב מְבַקְשֵׁי ה’ Why do we say “Let the hearts of those who search for Hashem rejoice”? Shouldn’t
