It pays to recall our failures. As Pharaoh struggles to find an interpretation of his dreams (Bereishit 41:9), his chief butler comes forth with a
What do some types of Cicada insects and the haftorah to be read this year on Shabbat Miketz have in common? The answer is a
On one occasion Rav Lazer Shach, zt’l was not feeling well and slept past the early time of Kerias Shema (the z’man of the Magen
א) וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל הַיְאֹר: … (ד) וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרוֹת רָעוֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְדַקֹּת הַבָּשָׂר אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת יְפֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְהַבְּרִיאֹת
Our parsha begins with, “It happened at the end of two years to the day: And Pharaoh was dreaming…” The two years refers to Yosef’s
I was davening at another shul in town. As they were taking out the Torah, the gabbai approached and offered me shlishi. I thanked him
Rabbi David Bouzaglo, one of the most prolific Moroccan piyutim writers in the 20th century, wrote a piyut about Chanukah named “Am Ne’emanai, My Trusted
A spectacular New York City sunset yielded to another cold, dark winter night as I rushed down 13th street on the upper edge of Manhattan’s
Each year, the members of tha SAR Hebrew Department teach, as part of our 11th-grade curriculum, Rav Yehuda HaLevi’s poem “Libi Ba-Mizrach.” I have always
After the horrific events of October 7, Jewish educators around the country had to quickly figure out how to address the war in a way
The Future Never Spoke Emily Dickinson wrote so poignantly, “The Future — never spoke — / Nor will He … / But when the News
The project is a quick response to the needs of displaced Israeli children. Within days of the infamous Oct. 7 attack, the Kaplen JCC on
