Children are off from school and the schools are warning parents to avoid risky situations. Some are in quarantine. Many of the regular Chol Hamoed
This year, we do not blow shofar on the first day of Rosh Hashanah because it is Shabbat. To prevent people from carrying a shofar
Reviewing: Megillat Esther Mesorat HaRav (Hebrew and English Edition), by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Koren Publishers Jerusalem/OU Press, hardcover, 224 pages, ISBN-10: 9653011847, January 2017.
I. Teaching Torah Grandparents fulfill a unique mitzvah by teaching their descendants Torah. The Gemara (Kiddushin 30a) offers someone named Zevulun ben Dan as an
I. Dueling Mountains and Dueling Rabbis As we approach Shavuot, we can consider how technology has changed our perception of Torah expertise. Midrashic tradition teaches
I. Jedis as Warriors As a child growing up with the original Star Wars movies, I developed an impression of Jedis as space-monks, serene individuals
There are two ways of looking at Judaism, the Jewish community and the world. These views are not mutually exclusive but require definition and separation.
Many religious Jews today ask rabbis life questions—whom to marry, where to live, what career path to follow—and take their answers as authoritative rulings. In
My wife’s grandfather, a Hasid who was trapped behind the Iron Curtain for decades before moving to Brooklyn, used to enjoy being asked who his
Some people see a split occurring within Modern Orthodox Judaism between those who adopt a more lenient religious interpretation and those who are stricter. I
