Part I Introduction: An Indispensable Sefer One of the most intriguing contemporary halachic discussions is the many and varied ramifications of the International Dateline (IDL).
Two intriguing stories about the eternal impact of Har Sinai: one fable about two engagement rings and one actual story about a chasidic Rebbe and
My cousin, Rabbi Nachman Seltzer, tells the following story.1 The Tzcherbiner Rav loved to listen and converse with yeshiva students about any topic of Torah
In this week’s parsha, Am Yisrael receive the Ten Commandments from God engraved on the two Luchot Habrit, the Stone Tablets. Many commentaries note a
Parshat Yitro This morning’s parsha describes for us the great “theophany,” the revelation of God, at Har Sinai, an event witnessed by the entire nation,
Which of the Aseret HaDibrot (10 commandments) came with a multiverse explanation in order to “sell” the idea to its followers? If you answered that
Vayichan sham Yisrael; klal Yisrael was not only at the foot of the mountain, but at the foot of their greatest achievement, their highest calling.
If you were trying to convince someone of Hashem, wouldn’t it be better to say He brought the universe into fruition rather than saying He
As we all know, the Ten Commandments are found in Parshat Yitro and again in Parshat VaEtchanan. But there are differences. One major difference is
Rabbi Yale Butler of Teaneck, previously of Pittsburgh, was privileged to have been a close, personal friend and neighbor of Rabbi Dr. Twerski, zt”l for
I am certainly not the person most familiar with the late Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski, zt”l, so perhaps I am not best equipped to write
On January 24, I lost a friend. Orlando Padilla was a man who touched many over the 18 years he worked alongside me at EJ’s.
