The calmness of summer days is a sweet feeling. Everyone is more relaxed. Children enjoy their newfound freedom. For me, a distinct and most beautiful

In life, there are people, circumstances and scenarios that we understand, and there are those that leave us perplexed. Sometimes it’s due to lack of

Korach, Dasan and Aviram. Not exactly top-tier names when a baby boy is born. Indeed, within the Chumash, these names are nothing short of synonymous

While living in Eretz Yisrael, I was delayed many times due to a chefetz chashud—a suspicious package—but I never got to witness the procedure up

This dvar Torah is dedicated l’iluy nishmas my grandfather, Mr. Sidney Blechner, Shalom ben Mordechai, z”l, upon his 10th yahrtzeit on 11 Sivan. Whether we

When I was learning in the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, I was part of a smaller group that learned with our rosh yeshiva, Harav Nosson

We normally live our days with many small achievements that move us forward. A few times in our lives, not many, we are motivated to

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: