Dear Patient, I wish I did not have to meet you in the hospital, let alone during this indescribable pandemic that we are facing. I
With this raging COVID-19 pandemic, distress is widespread. It is okay to feel sad, it is okay to be scared or confused, it is okay
It is always a great time to improve your energy and vitality. One of the harbingers of aging for both men and women is a
“Essential services” has become one of the new phrases of 2020. It has good company—“social distancing,” “six feet away,” “stay home orders” and “flattening the
We bentch Gomel (recite the “Gomel” blessing) on being saved from a dangerous situation. How does that apply to the coronavirus? Arguably, everyone in the
As we enter the third month of social distancing, the magic of Zoom has worn off. While Zoom and other videoconference apps are wonderful tools
Rav Ovadia on Electric Shavers Many of Shaarei Orah’s male congregants are concerned about Rav Ovadia Yosef’s ruling (Yabia Omer 9 Yoreh De’ah 10:15) regarding
As both a parent and a Jewish early childhood educator, I look forward to Parshat Emor each year not only because of the recap of
Parshat Emor Parshat Emor that we read this week continues the theme of sanctity that marked last week’s parsha of Kedoshim and dedicates its first
The Gemara (Yevamot 61b) explains that, tragically, in the times of Rabbi Akiva, approximately 24,000 of his students died of a plague during the period
1. We were not alone in using the word “cohein” for a priest or leader. This word had this meaning in other religions and societies
When I lived in Eretz Yisrael, every year on the morning after Lag B’Omer, my apartment in Yerushalayim smelled like smoke from all the bonfires
