In a rare visit to Teaneck, Rav Yosef Elbaum spoke this past week at Bais Menachem, sharing his fascinating story as a lifelong advocate for
Bob Friedland of Friedland Realty grew up in Yonkers and as a teenager attended Greystone Jewish Center, on North Broadway. Last year he returned to
The great transition is about to take place. Moses’ career as a leader is coming to an end, and Joshua’s leadership is about to begin.
Rosh Hashanah is a day of profound duality, where emotions blend between awe and solemnity, pride and joy. We stand before Hashem in judgment, fully
The Sages of Aragon’s Question Later generations obligate earlier ones. How can that be? Nonetheless, Devarim 29:14 records Moshe Rabbeinu, including those present and those
Parshiyot Nitzavim/Vayelech “Sos asis baShem!” The glorious cry of Knesset Yisrael (the body politic) to the nation (or, the nation to Jerusalem) urging them to
Who are you really? For better or for worse, we are not identified as much by what we do as by who we are. As
One of my students went on a group tour deep into mainland China. During the trip, he felt sick and stopped to rest. No one
Reb Hillel Paritcher was a baal avodah and dedicated chasid of the Alter Rebbe and his successors. A chasidic master in his own right, Reb
The Holy Temple in Jerusalem had just been destroyed. To add insult to injury, the marauders were parading about the city, holding the Ark with
What Mitzvah Means Many mistakenly view mitzvot as the equivalent of good deeds. Though mitzvot are indeed good deeds, they are much more than just
ויאמר יְדֹוָד אֶל משֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵכַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת בְּרִיתִי
