Last year I had the privilege of hosting Rabbi Noach Orlowek, a prominent mashgiach and noted lecturer. I offered him the use of my study,
When I was in high school, my rebbe, Rabbi Farber, z”l, took our class to a restaurant to celebrate our completing a Gemara, a siyum.
As we delight in the warmer weather that is finally arriving, we’re also feeling a lot of pressure this time of year. Pressure on our
Rav Elchonon Wasserman visited a wealthy supporter of his yeshiva, and since his shoes were muddy from the road, he knocked on the side door
Michael Rothschild owned a small business and was running the Chofetz Chaim Foundation on the side for six years. He came to feel it required
In the early ‘80s, my rosh yeshiva from Yeshiva Ner Yaakov, Rabbi Yehoshua Liff, was a newly married young man learning in the Mir Yeshiva.
This week’s dvar Torah is dedicated l’iluy nishmas my mother, Miriam Mirel bas Shalom a”h, upon her yahrzeit this week 13th Adar Rishon. There was
At every moment of each day we are making decisions about what is most important to us. What gets to the top of the list
Rosh Chodesh this week was extra exciting. We started Adar Rishon—the beginning of two months of Adar required for a leap year. A curious thing
Naaseh v’nishma, “we will do and we will hear”; these are the famous words klal Yisrael said when Hashem offered us the Torah. The Gemara
Like many people, I embrace denial when it comes to certain “visits,” such as my recent visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles. I went
Many years ago in Europe, a wealthy Jewish businessman made his living exporting lumber from Kovno to America. One time, an export official wouldn’t clear
