Virtually every American Modern Orthodox congregation omitted something from their typical High Holidays liturgy last year. What would have been a four-hour Rosh Hashanah morning
On the night before Passover, Rabbi Akiva Males, a young rabbi in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was absorbed in the mitzvah of Bedikat Chametz in his shul.
Metaphorically it is said that the “going out” in this parsha is referring to the battle with the yetzer hara. Surely there are many paths
(Courtesy of AGJC) The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are
Rav Hutner once said that every yeshiva has its own, unique avir (environment). When you walk inside you can immediately sense the avir of that
Reading is more than a set of skills. A key element to help middle schoolers overcome literacy issues is for teachers to create strong relationships
Reviewing: “Europe in the Eyes of Survivors of the Holocaust.” Zeev Mankowitz, David Weinberg, Sharon Kangisser Cohen, Editors. Yad Vashem Publications. 2014. 256 pages. English.
Many people cannot remember what they had for breakfast. It can be equally challenging for those trying to remember the halachos of shmittah from seven
Highlighting: “Baderech: Along the Path of Teshuvah,” by Rabbi Judah Mischel. Mosaica Press. 2021. Hardcover. 544 pages. ISBN-10: 1952370523. “The work of teshuvah lifts a
Highlighting: “Let’s Stay Healthy,” by Bracha Goetz. We are all busy doing mitzvot and yearning to connect to Hashem, but this cannot be done without
Faber family’s close ties with Emunah go back four generations. Yonatan Faber, a rising eighth grader at Yeshivat Noam, is combining his love of basketball
Part II Last week I mentioned how I took part in the Israel Antiquities Authority’s archaeological excavations at Tel Hebron (which is located in the
