(Courtesy of Bris Avrohom) In honor of the 77th yahrzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, a farbrengen was held
(Courtesy of Bergen Hatzalah) Close to 300 eager community members gathered recently for Bergen Hatzalah’s inaugural community awareness event. The event displayed much of the
(Courtesy of Rutgers Hillel) Samantha Schnurman, a Jewish professional from Rockaway, New Jersey, has joined Rutgers Hillel as the IACT coordinator. In this role, she
(Courtesy of JCCOTP) For the past 21 years, JCC family and friends have come together on a perfect summer day to take part in the
Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book “Lessons in Leadership.” The parsha of Shoftim
In honor of my younger son Hillel’s bar mitzvah, we explored a topic that Hillel is quite passionate about: the great debate concerning opening containers
Man is at his worst behavior during wartime—destroying lives and devastating his surroundings. Modern war feels slightly more civil, as it is generally brief and
When I arrived at Yeshiva Ner Yaakov, my post high school yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael, I was greeted by a large mound of construction debris.
Parshat Shoftim Our early chachamim positioned the haftarah of Parshat Shoftim, which is taken from the 51st and 52nd chapters of Sefer Yishayahu, to follow
In Sukkah 38-39, Rava (b. Yosef b. Chama, a fourth-generation Babylonian Amora, 280-352 CE) rules that when reciting Hallel, one must say the full phrase
The Torah tells us to designate arei miklat, cities of refuge, for unintentional murderers (Shemot 21:12-13; Bamidbar 35:9-32). The Arizal reveals that the month of
The Mishnah Berurah (R. Yisrael Meir Kagan, d. 1933) records its recital at the end of every morning and evening prayer in the High Holiday
