A few weeks ago, a man who truly gave from his heart to family, friends, plus thousands of others in the local Clifton-Passaic community, around
Shabbat Zachor Parshat Terumah “…Timche et zeicher Amalek,” “You shall utterly obliterate the very mention of Amalek.” The mitzvah given to Am Yisrael in the special
Parshat Terumah focuses on the details of the construction of the Mishkan. God tells Moshe, “They shall make a Sanctuary for Me so that I
The parsha begins with the subject of donations toward the building of the Mishkan, with Hashem saying “take for Me a donation” from those who
In this week’s parsha Hashem commands Am Yisrael to collect donations for the Mishkan. The language used, however, seems difficult: “ויקחו לי תרומה—and you shall
We know the sun rises every morning and sets every evening, and we trust that this will happen again tomorrow simply because it always has.
In days such as ours, Purim speaks to us in a different—and necessary—way. On Purim things get all turned around. It’s a theme of the
Amidst the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic our educational system has been tested and challenged in ways never before imagined. We have been forced
In Parshat Ki Tisa, Moshe asked Hashem the age-old question: “Please make your ways known to me so that I can understand you.” The Gemara
The Book of Esther is the only book not found in the caves at Qumran. Not only have no fragments from the book been found,
At last there is a rainbow on the horizon, as Bruce Backman of Pesach in the Northeast has changed venues in order to ensure that
Throughout my life since high school, I had almost idolized Rabbi Dr. Twerski, zt”l. Here was a man who had the appearance, “Levush” (garb), and
