קדושין על ידי שליח Kiddushin 41a Some grooms get to see their bride for the first time just moments before the wedding. Others date their
It was one of those picture-perfect, beautiful spring mornings. I had davened at an early minyan that Shabbos morning in early May down the block
גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי: (בראשית כג/ד) I am a foreigner and a resident among you; give me
There’s a story about a prominent rosh yeshiva who, in his youth, attended summer camp. Once, a Chassidishe rebbe, who was somewhat overweight, came to
Before the time of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, the posek and gadol hador in America was Rav Yoseph Eliyahu Henkin zt”l. Way back in April
Much of the world around us has adopted a narrative and perspective that eludes our understanding. This has been deeply disorienting and confusing for us
Our parsha begins with the pasuk: “The years of Sarah’s life were one-hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years; the years of Sarah’s life.”
Every word in the Torah has value and is there for a purpose. Why then does it seem like this week’s parsha of Chayei Sarah
Although the bulk of the parsha is about Eliezer finding a wife for Yitzchok, it ends by telling us where the descendants of Yishmael lived,
In last week’s reading, we witnessed Avimelech who put forth supposed “logical” arguments towards God as to why he was treated unjustly by taking Sarah.
We previously discussed אם and לאם (two completely different words!). This week our words for discussion are “am” and “goy.” In English, we often refer
Reb Zev Wolf Kitzes was the Rav of Tulchin and later became one of the most dedicated disciples of the Baal Shem Tov. When Reb
