By Rabbi Moshe Hauer Antisemitism has never been just about physical attacks on Jews. It is the great conspiracy theory, where a narrative is generated

Parshat Shemot In a rare occurrence, we find that Sepharadim and Ashkenazim have diverse customs regarding this week’s haftarah, with each reading taken from different

For almost a decade I had the great privilege of being the guidance counselor in Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch. On one occasion, I was conversing with

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: My neighborhood has a minyan that begins Maariv of Motzei Shabbat 15 minutes before the

Today we access Torah texts in many more ways than in the past. Of course, we primarily use printed texts (sefer, sefarim) in our learning.

Jews have many amazing powers! As  Jews, we can fall and rise. You may think everyone can fall and then get back up, but we

You can ignore a letter, you can duck a phone call, but you can’t play ostrich with a summons and complaint. If you do so,

Moshe went out to his brothers one day, and viewed a struggle that was at play: An Egyptian was ruthlessly beating a Jew; Moshe felt

וַיָּ֥קָם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָ֖שׁ עַל־מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף (שמות א:ח) “And a new king arose in Mitzrayim who did not know Yosef,” (Shemos 1:8). According to one

Our parsha relates Pharaoh’s decree that all Jewish male babies be thrown into the river. The Gemara (Sotah 11a) teaches that there were three people

Have You Heard Of PTG? This week we are starting to read Sefer Shemot. Whereas Sefer Bereishit tells the story of a family, Shemot tells

Near the end of Exodus chapter one, we have the following statement: “Because the midwives feared Elokim, He made them בתים (houses).” What could that