Remember the Seventh Day Boaz Klein, a Chabad emissary in Bariloche, Argentina, wrote to me that while thousands of Israelis pass through their Chabad House
As a Modern Orthodox Jew who cares deeply about interacting with the outside world, the Jewish value in studying literature has been at the forefront
And on that day—declares my Lord God—I will make the sun set at noon, I will darken the earth on a sunny day. Amos 8:9
Sitting at the Seder last year, surrounded by my family, I glanced outside upon the hills of Beit Shemesh and saw an Israeli flag waving
Last week, I proposed a model for a comprehensive hashkafa, a worldview: that of an army, a Great Battalion. Where does such an idea come
It’s incredible to reflect on the past 9 years of Yesh Tikva’s Infertility Awareness Shabbat; how synagogues around the world have been taking this one
Sefer Bereishit provides scant information about Hashem and creation. Instead, the narrative is dominated by reports about the family life of our ancestors, including the
Most educators would agree that despite the fact that children spend more waking hours in school than they do at home, a child’s values are
We are about to celebrate Pesach, the holiday that Chazal define as Zeman Cheiruteinu—the Season of our Freedom. From even a quick perusal of the
Sharansky’s Message In 2016, Natan Sharansky celebrated the 30th anniversary of his release from the Gulag after nine years in prison. At his annual dinner
A widespread custom of firstborns fasting on the 14th of Nisan is not referred to in the mishna or either Talmud. Nor is it mentioned
Some communities and families have an intriguing custom for the Pesach seder leader or all married men to wear a white kittel around the table.
