Last week on Rosh Chodesh Av, the Passaic/Clifton community and klal Yisrael suffered a colossal loss: the sudden passing of Rabbi Shmuel Berkovicz, z”l, menahel—principal—of
There was a video clip circulating last year about a pack of foxes running around the Temple Mount. I can’t vouch for the authenticity of
Two years ago, I was in Eretz Yisrael the week before Parshas Masei. I took my son, Naftoli, for a jeep ride and tour of
I’d like to dedicate this dvar Torah to a very happy couple, my daughter Malka and husband Tzvi Sontag, who recently gave birth to a
One of my favorite books is “Incredible,” written by my cousin Rabbi Nachman Seltzer. It is the life story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis, current CEO
After high school, I had an internship on Wall Street for an investment adviser who worked for a major Jewish businessman and philanthropist. One day,
When one of my daughters was four years old, she was looking out the front window and shouted in delight, “Daddy! Look! The chocolate truck
About a year ago I was standing next to two people shmoozing after davening in shul. One person said to his friend, “The rabbi is
My rosh yeshiva in Israel, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt”l (late rosh yeshiva of Mir Yerushalayim), was stricken with Parkinson’s disease for his entire tenure
When I got engaged to my wife after Pesach, we planned a late summer wedding so I could go back to the Mir Yeshiva in
On Lag B’Omer I was invited to participate in two Zoom weddings. One was in the Barn Estate in Clayton, Ohio. Yes, the wedding was
When I was learning in yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael as a young man, I attended the world-famous Aish Discovery Program. Despite my growing up with
