Editors note: The week of September 8-14 is National Suicide Prevention Week. For information on how you can help someone who is struggling, or if
(Courtesy of Tenafly Pediatrics) Hardly a day passes that we don’t hear about a disaster in the news or learn of a terrorist threat. Although
I have seen so many of my patients benefit from testosterone replacement. Some of the benefits include improved energy and vitality, better athletic performance with
How incongruous for a column for Parshat Shoftim to address challenging authority. After all, in Parashat Shoftim we are commanded to listen to whatever the
The ancient pagan residents of Israel practiced widespread sorcery and black magic. Many of these rituals, including witchcraft, wizardry, necromancy and soothsaying, were aimed at
Parshat Shoftim “Arise, Hashem, and don Your might as you did in earlier generations,” cries Yeshayahu HaNavi in the verses that precede this week’s haftarah.
Family vacations can be fun and exhausting at the same time. We returned from ours very late Thursday night. Our heads hit the pillow around
A new year begins. We are so used to this word, “new,” but the Torah asks us to stop and contemplate. To truly renew ourselves.
We can never underestimate the power of a kind gesture, even a seemingly insignificant one… When the body of a murder victim is found between
Shotrim This word is the second word in this week’s parsha. It appears many times in Tanach. But what does it mean? It is usually
In Parshat Shoftim we read about the individual who was preparing for battle. In describing such a person the Torah writes, “When you do battle
Recently we had the good fortune of attending a very special celebration, honoring the marriage and commitment that two friends had made to each other.
