Chanukah is often associated with being a family holiday. In fact, upon further reflection, the connection between Chanukah and the Jewish home is firmly embedded
I am an avid people watcher. This used to be a much larger group, but with the attachment to our devices many members of the
Part II Leaving aside the inaccurate genesis of events and less-than-objective rendering, it is very interesting to see how some modern-day Greeks would like to
A few years ago, I read that an acceptable rounding error of a Chinese population census is 30 million—double the number of Jews in the
Parashat Miketz-Rosh Chodesh-Chanukah On this Shabbat we are granted the unique opportunity to read from three separate sifrei Torah as we mark Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh
Under a bearded disguise, the brothers are under Yosef’s jurisdiction, unbeknownst to them that this ruler was their own blood brother. After accusing them of
We as a community, or perhaps it makes more sense to say that people in general, often seek to lay blame when they hear bad
Is it really possible that Yaakov asked of God to dwell in tranquility in the true sense of the word? That would seem quite impossible,
It is a great zechus for me to give thanks to Hashem for having published a sefer on the topic of siyumim, just in time
Learning lesson behind “following in your father’s footsteps” is one of the ultimate aspirations of parenting. The unique situation of “following in your child’s footsteps”
Reviewing: “That Jewish Moment: Positive Thoughts and Moments from Life as an Observant Jew,” by Sari Kopitnikoff. Ideastrator Press. 2019. English. Paperback. 118 pages. ISBN-13:
Just after Thanksgiving weekend I had the tremendous opportunity to visit the Rimel family, victims of a tragic car accident outside of Jerusalem on December
