As I reflect on the bris of Yosef Chaim this past week, I cannot help but appreciate the timing and the context of such a
Shavuot is described as Zman Matan Torateinu. In what way can we expect to relate to the Har Sinai experience in our times? The Torah
The midrashim (Yalkut Shimoni Devarim 30:14, Tanna D’Bei Eliyahu Zuta ch. 14) record an encounter between Eliyahu Hanavi and one who had not amassed any
At the start of every school year we, perhaps not so coincidentally, revisit Sefer Bereishit and emerge renewed from the Yamim Noraim alongside the emergence
Avraham is, at first glance, one of my most successful students. He presents himself as a proud, well-adjusted, Modern Orthodox yeshiva high school graduate. During
