A few years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a week in Eretz Yisroel with our bechor, Shalom, in honor of his bar

For almost a decade I had the great privilege of being the guidance counselor in Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch. On one occasion, I was conversing with

If my memory serves me correctly, which it generally doesn’t these days, it was about 25 years ago that I typed and emailed a dvar

Dedicated to the refuah sheleimah of Ahuva Leah bas Yosifa Beracha A few weeks ago, the Shabbat Project was marked throughout the Jewish world. Jews

Last week, I had two packages to send out. One was a bar mitzvah gift for a friend’s son; the other was a thank you

On December 25, 2017, my yeshiva, Heichal HaTorah in Teaneck, hosted a grandfather-grandson morning of Torah learning. It was beautiful and touching to see grandfathers

On Yom Kippur last month all day long I couldn’t stop thinking about Titus. That may sound strange since Titus is one of the infamous

A few years ago, my wife took our younger children to one of the local Jewish-owned shoe stores to buy shoes. The store had a

Dedicated in loving memory of my uncle Shmuel Kohn, R’ Shmuel Chaim ben Rav Yakov Meir a”h, a long-time Teaneck resident who often told me

Sometimes, it’s the simplest events that leave the greatest impressions. Several summers ago, a camper crossed the line and needed to be disciplined. I was

I have been attending summer camp for over three decades. I have been a camper, masmid, office boy, junior counselor, counselor, learning rebbe, head waiter,

I wonder if others have had this experience too. Before Tisha B’Av, I was listening to a lecture about the importance of being nosei b’ol