I joined up with some friends to treat another friend of our group to a delicious restaurant meal on his birthday. To add to the
This parsha discusses two outstanding events in our history that seem to be in direct contrast to each other. On the one hand we have
The word רפאים (“Refaim”) appears many times in Tanach. But it has two different meanings. Sometimes it refers to an ancient race of giants. Other
Parshat Behaalotecha continues the theme of Sefer Bamidbar—teaching us of the sanctity of the “machaneh”—the encampment of Am Yisrael as it surrounds the Mishkan in
(Courtesy of Da’ehu) In Why Da’ehu: The Whole Child, we mentioned that students in a Montessori classroom have the same teacher for three years. Students
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר. הַפֵּאָה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים, וְהָרֵאָיוֹן, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה… These are the things that have no definite quantity: The corners; first-fruits; the
Yeshiva Ohr Simcha was established in 1997 by my father, HaRav Yosef Strassfeld, זצ”ל to provide top-notch chinuch, combined with a focus on each bochur’s
The late Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, zt”l, once began a lecture on addiction by asking a question. If Noah was a tzaddik, as described by
I recently discovered and then rediscovered an ancient healing prayer. I first learned of it a few years ago in a personal context, and then
The years of high school are formative and transformational for adolescents. All students, and especially students with learning challenges, should be able to thrive when
(Courtesy of FountainView) Shecheyunu vhigiyunu lazman hazeh! Boruch Hashem, Agra has resumed at FountainView. After a long 15 months of attendees only being able to
Family law matters can be expansive in nature and they can also be extremely complex. As a result, to best serve our clients, we commonly
