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Reviewing: “Setting the Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan,” by Michael J. Broyde and Shlomo C. Pill. Academic
January 23, 2025
Reviewing: “Setting the Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan,” by Michael J. Broyde and Shlomo C. Pill. Academic
In the early ‘80s, my rosh yeshiva from Yeshiva Ner Yaakov, Rabbi Yehoshua Liff, was a newly married young man learning in the Mir Yeshiva.
This past weekend, our family enjoyed a wonderful Shabbos at my parents’ home in the Forshay section of Monsey. Shabbos morning was very cold, with
Moshe Rabbeinu calls in the Bnei Yisrael for a serious huddle-up. He begins to speak to them about the topic of Shabbat, as well as
I try to take everything in stride, knowing that it’s all part of Hashem’s plan, but sometimes you just have to say enough is enough.
The Torah repeatedly refers to the artisans who crafted the Tabernacle (Mishkan) as the wise-hearted men and women. These were the men and women who
There is a well-known story with Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev who was having a Shabbos meal at the home of Rav Boruch of Mezibuzh.
How often have we heard someone joke after a good home-cooked meal, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Certainly that applied
Noam Fox is studying at Yeshivat Lev HaTorah in Ramat Beit Shemesh. He grew up in Englewood, attended Moriah for elementary school and Frisch for
When I was a child and adolescent my family went away for Pesach to Miami each year. I recall, as a teenager, walking the boardwalk
(Courtesy of HRH) Hudson Regional Hospital, in partnership with Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli and the town of Secaucus, has improved first responder- patient communications by
Avi is in the fifth grade, and he is struggling in school. He has been tested multiple times over the years, however the results are
