There may be many shuls across the region that use videos to convey the vibrancy of their kehillot. There may even be some communities where
Erica and Elliot Safar were living in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with 15-month-old daughter, Nellie, and a dog when they decided
The Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy (BCHA), located in Stamford, appreciates innovative initiatives that benefit its students. In that vein, fourth grade teacher Beth Fritz and fifth
Rabbi Sacks, zt’’l, had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book “Lessons in Leadership.” The Rabbi Sacks Legacy
Miracles Abound I am accustomed to experiencing nissim when conducting grueling walking inspections of an entire eruv. Though challenging, such annual or biannual reviews are
Where would the desert generation be without the heroic prayers of Moshe? Twice the young nation rebelled, first betraying their vows at Sinai, and subsequently
There is a program called “V’haarev na” created by Rabbi Dovid Newman that has brought the joy of Gemara learning to thousands of teenagers. The
This week’s haftarah, opening with “Nachamu, nachamu ami—Be comforted, be comforted, my nation” (Yishayahu 40:1), always falls on the Shabbat following Tisha B’Av. It marks
Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu The three weeks of semi-mourning have passed, the nine days of more intense grief are over, and, as a result, our
A number of years ago, friends of mine told their young son that he needed to behave especially well, as his parents weren’t eating and
Again, and again, and again. 515 times! Hashem decreed that Moshe wasn’t to enter Eretz Yisrael, but Moshe wasn’t deterred from continuously beseeching Hashem to
On Sukkah 18a, we find that lavud, a principle by which gaps of less than three are considered solid, applies to spaces along the side
