Many interesting words come up in the context of the High Holidays. (Many of the paytannim enjoyed using rare words!) I will discuss a few
For many folks, the most dramatic portion of the High Holiday liturgy is the Unetaneh Tokef prayer. And the most emotional part of the prayer—at
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 1943, an entire Jewish community was hidden by their neighbors from those who sought their annihilation. When Yom Kippur
The High Holiday season is a time for teshuva and reflection, to consider where we are and where we ought to be. And while we
Part II As I noted in the previous article in this series, anxiety is an emotion that is deeply rooted in the uncertainty that so
“Why did the captain (rav hachoveil) abandon his sailors on deck and reach out to Yonah to pray?” asked my Torah Academy of Bergen County
The Midrash relates that Adam haRishon was given a panoramic tour of all the future generations. At one point during the tour, Adam noticed that
Optimists say every cloud has a silver lining. Often, though, it takes time to see the silver. When the storm clouds of COVID blew in,
Like so many other facets of life in 2020, the college admissions process is going to be very different this year. Since the pandemic shut
Imagine you are in a batting cage without a bat and hard balls are being fired at you in rapid sequence. That’s where we are
The oft used term “People of the Book,” which sounds much better in Hebrew, Am HaSefer, is an apt term. Walk into any Jewish book
Ziv Mendelsohn, 47, formerly of Los Angeles, Englewood and Teaneck, hopes that the Torah directive that every man should write for himself a sefer Torah
