Ask the average yeshiva student what Sefirat HaOmer is all about. What do you think you will hear in reply? Typically, they will tell you
Tehillim (Psalms) are used throughout traditional Jewish worship. Many verses from Tehillim appear throughout our routine prayer. Tehillim, along with some later readings, comprise the
I recently received a phone call from an out-of-town friend of mine. His young adult daughter had been dating a yeshiva-oriented young man and it
In this week’s parsha of Lech Lecha we read that God changed Avram’s name to Avraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah (17: 4-16.) Although they
In the final verses of the Torah, Moshe dies under unusual circumstances. We read that God buried Moshe in an unknown location, “and no one
Yom Kippur was considered by our sages to be one of the happiest days of the year (Bava Batra 121a). This was because we were
Was that over a dozen motorcycles we saw, parked in front of a house in Teaneck the other night? What could that be? Have no
If you stand on the railroad tracks and see a train coming your way you would probably become anxious and fearful. You would get off
We read in Parsha Re’eh that one should not make any cuttings in one’s skin for the dead (14:1). Apparently, this was a mourning custom
The other day, a friend of mine whimsically asked why we bother to commemorate Tisha B’Av these days. “After all,” he opined, “that all happened
In Bamidbar (Chapter 26) we are given a breakdown of the population of each tribe that was counted in the census after the plague. The
We hope and expect that our children will carry on our Jewish traditions and values. After spending a small fortune on tuition, summer camps and
