When fire ravaged Paris’ Notre Dame on April 15, destroying its spire and very nearly the entire cathedral, many associated the events with the Tisha

Introduction Most of us perceive the books of Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu as essentially teaching the following message: You are terrible, so repent, or you will

Last year, a phenomenal organization called Chesed 24/7 asked my wife to help them. In most major hospitals in the New York City area, it

Parshat Devarim Shabbat Chazon “Chazon,” the word that opens our haftarah and, therefore, the entire Sefer Yishayahu, is one of 10 synonymous terms for “prophecy.”

I have written in the past about an idea expressed by my first cousin, Rabbi Yakov Nagen (Genack), that the weekly portion has direct relevance

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Two years ago, on Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, I went up to Har Habayit. I had been there a number of times before, but this was

You may have seen the colorful fliers in The Jewish Link and at shul highlighting shiurim across Teaneck on the topic of ahavat Yisrael. It

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 Bracha, a”h,

We all know the term “arei miklat.” The word “miklat” in various forms (miklat, ha-miklat, le-miklat, and miklato) appears 20 times in the Tanach, always