One very rainy first night of Sukkot, the rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Zion of Brooklyn instructed his (Sephardic) congregation to eat a kezayit of bread

A young rabbi called before Rosh Hashanah with an inquiry regarding the Sephardic piyut for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, “Hashem Shamati Shim’acha Yareiti.” It

Ashkenazic Jews are shocked to discover that most Sephardic Jews recite Avinu Malkeinu on Shabbat. This should not be shocking to students of the Shulchan

I recall learning as far back as elementary school that if one forgot to recite HaMelech HaMishpat during the Aseret Yemei Teshuva, one need not

Selichot are already at full swing and well attended at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck. Indeed, Sephardic Jews enjoy reciting Selichot beginning

At Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, we are eager to grow and improve. When Rav Amar visited our kehilla three weeks ago,

During the glorious Shabbat Nachamu 5777, when Rav Shlomo Amar joined us at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, I had the opportunity

There are very few times in a lifetime that one will encounter genuine greatness. We at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, encountered

Spread the word! Rav Shlomo Amar is coming for Shabbat to Congregation Shaarei Orah in Teaneck. We are incredibly excited to host one of the

An important lesson for Tisha b’Av may be gleaned from Hacham Ovadia Yosef’s approach to the issue of chalak, or glatt kosher meat. On the

Sometimes the most important emails slip by. Emails from the RCBC leadership requesting my signature on the pro-TVAC (Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps) letter were missed.

On each and every day, Sephardic Jews recite a beautiful prayer: “כֵּן יִכְבְּשׁוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ אֶת כַּעֲסֶךָ. וְיִגּולוּ ,רַחֲמֶיךָ עַל מִדּותֶיךָ. וְתִתְנַהֵג עִמָּנוּ ה’ בְּמִדַּת הַחֶסֶד