(Courtesy of Fleetwood Synagogue) For its third annual comedy night, Fleetwood Synagogue went back to the man who started it all, British comedian Ashley Blaker.
Approximately 200 people from Riverdale synagogues and the community at large gathered recently on Mosholu Avenue opposite the Russian Diplomatic housing complex in the Bronx
There is a verse so familiar that we don’t often stop to reflect on what it means. It is the line from the first paragraph
A Contradiction What a shocking and very rare heavenly endorsement of a halachic concept! The Gemara (Shabbat 130a) tells of a community that followed its
Some memories never fade. About 35 years ago, as a young talmid in Yeshivat Har Etzion/The Gush, I witnessed a heated argument that would recast
This week we end the journey of the Book of Exodus—40 chapters, 12 parshiyot, 1,209 verses. The following is a summary of what we can
Parshat Pekudei Four of the last five parshiyot in Sefer Shemot focus upon the construction of the Mishkan, dealing exclusively with the instructions for, and
A friend of mine was interviewing candidates for a rebbe position in a yeshiva. One was a young rebbe by the name of Rabbi Housman.
Rav Zelik Epstein, zt”l, the beloved rosh yeshiva of Sha’ar haTorah Grodno in Queens, New York, was renowned for his incisive brilliance and remarkable humility.
When I was in Eretz Yisrael a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to see my wonderful cousin, R’ Izak Cohn. As we both
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר… כָל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יִהְיוּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמָיִם (אבות ב:יב) Over the past two weeks, we learned the Mishnayot in Pirkei Avot that define the
A Mishnah (Chagigah 25a) mentions that amei ha’aretz, who aren’t particular about certain ritual concerns, are nevertheless trusted about the ritual purity of oil jugs
