(Courtesy of Bris Avrohom) Last Thursday evening, at Congregation Shomrei Torah Ohel Yosef Yitzchok Bris Avrohom Center, a farbrengen was held in honor of gimmel
There are some, say the Talmud, who acquire their world in an hour and others who lose it in an hour. No example of the
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade is a seismic shift in the landscape of American politics and culture. It has elicited a firestorm
Halachic authorities have debated the permissibility of squeezing lemons into a liquid (such as tea) on Shabbat since the Rishonim. This issue is an interesting
As one reads through the parshiyos in Sefer Bamidbar, one could get overwhelmed by the amount of complaints, strife, discord, disunity, argumentative behavior, blasphemy and
In the Torah, we read about miracles connected to water five times. We will summarize each episode here in chronological order: 1. “They came to
Parshat Chukat Today’s parsha opens with the oft-discussed law of the parah adumah. Due to our familiarity with this portion, we may tend to connect
“Because I said so…” The words we hated hearing growing up, and swore we’d never say to our kids… and yet, somehow, during moments of
A number of years ago, the infant daughter of a close friend and colleague suddenly took ill and had to be hospitalized. The man’s wife
A maiseh (story) is recounted as part of the Brisker tradition: Rebbetzin Chana, the wife of Rav Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna would go door-to-door
Did Rav Achai Gaon (author of the She’iltot, 8th century, who was associated with Pumbedita Academy but was passed over in favor of Rav Natronai
The paradox presented by the parah adumah is so mind-boggling, that even Shlomo Hamelech couldn’t fathom how it can be that its service makes the
