The following was written in Cheshvan 5771/October 2010. It is with utmost gratitude to Hashem Yisborach that we announce and celebrate the birth of our

It is well known that the month of Cheshvan is devoid of any official holidays (thank God for Shabbos!). But to me and my siblings,

Anyone who travels to and from Monsey (or Rockland County) is familiar with the challenge of driving on the Palisades Parkway at night. During the

A congregant once remarked to me that Yom Kippur is her favorite day of the year. Then she added with a half-smile, “I don’t even

Camp is an amazing place. In a certain sense it’s a fantasy land where a camper can spend all day with friends, have a slumber

On August 29, 1911, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous work, was stolen off the wall of the Louvre in Paris. For a

It was Visiting Day in Camp Dora Golding a few years ago and the campus was packed with excited parents and children, who were catching

Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman, Mashgiach in Yeshiva Ohr HaChaim in Queens, NY, and a personal rebbe, related that at a Torah Umesorah Convention he attended some

The fast of the 17th of Tamuz, which we observed this past Sunday, ushered in the Three Week period of mourning for the destruction of

The wisest of men declared that there is a time and place for everything under the heavens. Therefore, there’s a certain thrill we enjoy when

“Okay kids, bedtime…,” time for the nightly routine of whisking our children into bed. I turn to our 3-year-old, “Avi, what CD do you want