Parshat Yitro The vivid and dramatic vision seen by the navi Yishayahu in our haftarah is, as we have noted in earlier essays, the very
When people leave this world, we mourn their passing and grieve for the loss. When people die tragically and suddenly, we are left wondering how
My student Boruch Falkovsky came to America from Russia when he was in his 30s. It started as a two-week visit to Yeshiva Ohr Sameach
Reb Chaim Elazar Spira, the Munkatcher Rebbe, was a tzadik and gaon of unusual piety known after his multi-volume Minchas Elazar. An expression of his
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I recite Birchot Hashachar on the way to shul, and recently Tehillim as I walk
אמר רבי חנינא הכל בידי שמים חוץ מ צנים פחים שנאמר צנים פחים בדרך עיקש שומר נפשו ירחק מהם (בבא מציעא דף קז:) אמר רבי
Am Yisrael continue their journey from Egypt through the Sinai desert. The Torah tells us that they left Refidim and came to Har Sinai (Shemot
Jews are the targets of a disproportionate amount of hate crimes, especially those who visibly identify as Jews and frequent specifically Jewish activities and spaces,
A number of years ago, I was standing and davening at the Kosel Hama’aravi when I was reminded of the following anecdote I had once
When the Torah was given, the mountain that God descended upon is referred to as הר סיני (Shemos 19:11/20). Elsewhere (33:6), what seems to be
A Tosefta (Bava Kamma 94b) discusses a repentant robber or usurer who tries to return the ill-gotten gains. One should not accept it from them,
Through many different events that have been going on in the world, one being the war in Israel, I started wondering how some people cling
