By Tamar CroogWomen’s Initiative for Jewish Studies at Young Israel of New Rochelle is proud to present Dr. Ahuva Liberles on Wednesday, March 23 at
(Courtesy of Manhattan Day School) Manhattan Day School is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Pesha Kletenik as Head of School beginning this September.
Good leaders know their own limits. They do not try to do it all themselves. They build teams. They create space for people who are
When Rav Chaim Shmulevitz, zt”l, rosh yeshivas Mir and author of Sichos Mussar, was a young man he spent some time visiting with his uncle,
Parshat Tzav This Shabbat we stand just a few weeks before Pesach and a few days after Purim. Certainly it is a time of joy,
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה רְצוֹנוֹ כִּרְצוֹנֶךָ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה רְצוֹנְךָ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ. בַּטֵּל רְצוֹנְךָ מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל רְצוֹן אֲחֵרִים מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנֶךָ. (אבות ב:ד) Last time we
לזכר נשמת חו”מ נטע יצחק בן אלכסנדר When I was a child, hanging in our home was a needlepoint my mother made that had a
In Parshat Tzav, part of Aaron and his sons’ inauguration was giving a korban (sacrifice) for sinning. Although this seems proper, when a person stops
In Parshat Ki Tisa, Moshe asked Hashem the age-old question: “Please make your ways known to me so that I can understand You.” The Gemara
This time, it was from love. Indeed, not always did the Jewish people embrace the Torah with endearment and self-motivated interest, but instead approached it
To return the reflection of the spark of God within us, our souls must be kept untarnished. According to the soul’s instruction manual, the Torah,
Tannaitic Evidence In a rare moment, the Gemara (Megillah 7a) searches for evidence of Hashem’s influence on the writing of Megillat Esther. The Gemara cites
