A few days before Rosh Hashanah, an unforgettable photograph went around our family chat. A father was giving a bracha to his son as the
This weekend marks the shloshim of Rabbi Avraham Holtz, z”l. While best known as a world-renowned expert on Shai Agnon, as well as one of
Once again arriving at a new year, we begin the familiar movements inwards and outwards. We ask ourselves how we would like to improve as
Pesach is the holiday of geulah, which is usually translated as “redemption.” Our rabbis place geulah at the center of the Seder night by mandating
A major theme throughout the latter section of Sefer Bereishit is the emergence of Yehuda as the leader of Yaakov’s 12 sons, as confirmed by
Rosh Hashanah is defined by the shofar. Not only is hearing the shofar the central mitzvah of the day, we integrate both the longer tekia
In honor of my grand-nephew Yehudah Simcha ben Aryeh Lev entering the brit of Avraham Avinu on 11 Av 5782. Masechet Ta’anit, filled with discussion
As the Jewish people approached Har Sinai to receive the Torah, Rashi, quoting the Mechilta, describes us as being “ish echad b’lev echad,” as one
