Anchovies and Meat Many people enjoy adding Worcestershire sauce to meat since it adds a unique spicy taste. Anchovies (a kosher fish), an ingredient in

A friend sent me a fascinating video clip which demonstrates how people sometimes don’t register everything they see. The viewers are instructed to watch a

Parashat Bo begins with Hashem’s message to Moshe concerning Pharaoh and the Egyptians, whereas the rest of the parasha focuses on instructions particular for Am

Parshat Bo This week’s haftarah echoes the message of the prophecy issued by Yechezkel, the one we read in last week’s haftarah. Like his younger

“In each and every generation one is obligated to view themselves as if they left Egypt.” The obligation to experience the Exodus anew defines how

Chag Tu B’Shevat At first glance, Tu B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah for fruit trees (Mishnah, R”H 1:1-2), seems to be of mere technical significance—the calendar

Among the vast collection of jokes that I have heard from my father over the years is the following: There was once a British fellow,

וַיֹּאמֶר יְדֹוָד אֶל משֶׁה בֹּא אֶל פַּרְעֹה כִּי אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת לִבּוֹ וְאֶת לֵב עֲבָדָיו לְמַעַן שִׁתִי אֹתֹתַי אֵלֶּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ: וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן

Throughout the early 20th century, Jews suffered brutal religious persecution at the hands of the evil Soviet regime. Religious life was forced underground, where a

Although the Children of Israel lived in ארץ גשן, when they left Egypt, they left from רעמסס (Shemos 12:37). The land they lived in when

Our time in exile is what makes us who we are. To be the Jewish people, it seems that we needed to go through exile

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: At a hospital, is it necessary to have an eruv chatzerot (enclosure) to carry inside