Question: I will be blowing shofar in an Ashkenazi minyan. What should I be doing about blowing tashrat (tekia-shevarim-teruah-tekia) — with neshima achat (shevarim and
I went to Costco a few days ago. The lot was SO full, I had to park in a remote area of the parking lot!
One night this past summer, camp was graced with a performance from a professional balloonist/magician. He was not only spectacular, he was also very funny,
Parashat Nitzavim “Sos asis baShem! —I shall exult in God!” No longer do we hear how Hashem urged the prophets to comfort Israel. No longer
This week’s parsha raises a question that goes to the heart of Judaism, but which was not asked for many centuries until raised by a
אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם לִפְנֵי יְדֹוָד אֱלֹהֵיכֶם רָאשֵׁיכֶם שִׁבְטֵיכֶם זִקְנֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם כֹּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל “You are all standing here today, all of you, before Hashem,
Despite hearing a series of frightening curses that may befall one upon not following in the ways of Hashem, our parsha says that there may
In our parsha, Moshe describes a time when Am Yisrael will sin against Hashem by serving their neighbors’ idols in Eretz Yisrael, and delineates the
Many years ago, I wrote an important article on Aleinu. It was first published in Hakirah in 2011. I improved it thereafter and included it
On Ketubot 75a, Rava resolved a difficult baraita dealing with a prominent woman. The husband doesn’t like that his wife has taken vows, but doesn’t
A month ago, we read in the sedra of Re’eh (Devarim 12:3-4), “…and you shall obliterate their [idols’] name from that place [the land of
During these first weeks of the new school year, amid the usual start-of-school logistics and preparations, were the inevitable moments of recognition that we had
