This past week, on Monday, the 13th of Teves, my wife’s uncle, Meir Singer, passed away in Eretz Yisrael. I had visited him almost exactly
There are times when we feel that life is particularly challenging. We may be facing unusual circumstances, sickness, financial setbacks or trouble with a family
Parshat Shemot As we have mentioned in the past, the haftarah that is read this week depends on which beit knesset one attends. On those
It is difficult to imagine a more unlikely scenario than the one described for us in the Torah as to the process of redemption of
Hashem appears to Moshe in quite an enigmatic scene: atop a mountain in a fiery tree. Moshe sees that this tree on fire curiously isn’t
Pesachim 43a The purpose of this article is to provide a general outline of the laws of chametz and should not be used as an
A Tanach teacher of mine once bemoaned the prevalence of what he called the “kindergarten effect.” Because many of us in the Jewish community and
(Courtesy of Artscroll) It all began with a man named Reb Yisroel Zilberberg, who established an organization called Maftei’ach Shel Banim that focused on offering
Daf Yomi is hard. Whether you use Artscroll, Koren, Mesivta or listen to a shiur, the commitment to learn an entire page of Gemara every
My mother is Judge Lee First, and the year 2021 will mark 80 years since her arrival in the U.S. from Europe as a child.
I begin this article by asking the reader’s indulgence in two areas. First, this Chinuch Reflection will not focus on any COVID-related issue per se.
Rabbi Gershom Tave continues his series about his new Passaic yeshiva, Da’ehu. The Whole Child (Courtesy of Da’ehu) We are all familiar with Shlomo Hamelech’s quote
