The holiday of Sukkot is flavored by two distinctly different mitzvot. The experience of four minim is the most aesthetically pleasing mitzvah and the arrangement
The journey from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Yom Kippur is a 40-day experience of self-awareness, teshuva, and spiritual growth, whereby we come closer than ever
As part of the Sukkot hoshanot we recite the request “Ani Ve-Ho Hoshiah Nah.” This phrase originates in a statement by R. Judah at Mishnah
Are there situations when Ashkenazic Jews follow the ruling of Rav Yosef Karo as recorded in the Shulchan Aruch and Sephardic Jews do not? The
Sukkot is the Yom Tov that is characterized as z’man simchateinu, “a time for joy.” What makes Sukkot different than other holidays that don’t have
So you wake up and are about to get out of bed. You’re thinking of the million Sukkot preparations you have to do today. Ready
Last week, during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva (the Ten Days of Repentance), our yeshiva, in conjunction with the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov, hosted a shiur
הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַאֲדַבֵּרָה; {ס} וְתִשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ, אִמְרֵי-פִי[1]. The Talmud Yerushalmi relates the following “discussion.” Nevuah (prophecy) argued that the appropriate penalty for committing a sin
Simchat Torah Chazal’s selection of the first chapter in Sefer Yehoshua as the haftarah for Simchat Torah is certainly understandable, as it flows quite naturally
On October 27, 2018, about a year ago, Robert Bowers, armed with an AR-15 rifle and three handguns, entered the “Tree of Life Synagogue” in
“What a phenomenon!” exclaims Binyamin, an eager sixth grade math student, connecting his new language of science to math. Truly, his words reverberate as RPRY
Anyone who has visited our home in the past year is aware of the sign next to our doorbell which indicates that it is not
