One can’t help but wonder what is so significant about the number seven that Hashem makes it so relevant to cycles of time: the seven-day
This year in Eretz Yisrael on Lag Ba’Omer, thousands upon thousands of Jews from all walks of life will make the annual pilgrimage to Meron.
We’re nearly halfway through our trip—the journey of Sefirat Ha’Omer—the time period from Yetziat Mitzrayim until Kabbalat HaTorah. We have left Mitzrayim and are now
How many minutes a day do you speak on the phone or talk to someone in person? We spend so many of our waking hours
The matzahs are eaten, the chametz is back. Pesach is now “back on the shelf” until next year. Our current focus is the Pesach sequel:
The Pesach Seder coming up very soon at a home near you will not be offering a different story. Still, the bookstore will no doubt
The Jewish calendar is the only calendar that has two days of New Year in every year! The first one is Rosh Hashana (Alef Tishrei),
Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei From the president on down, Americans are very attached to their money. They don’t part with it so willingly. They feel this even
The Jewish year comes to a close with Adar (using the prescribed method for counting months, which starts with Nisan). With the close of this
This dvar Torah is dedicated l’iluy nishmat my mother, Miriam Mirel bas Shalom, a”h, whose yahrtzeit is this Shabbos, the 13th of Adar. Kids absolutely
Who would you make “the face of the Jewish people”? Would it be Yaakov Avinu, whose face was engraved on the Throne of Glory? Would
When Hashem told Moshe to collect a machatzit hashekel (a certain coin) from every Jew over the age of 20, He commanded: “Zeh yitnu”—This is
