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
Did I hear correctly? Sephardic Jews recite Borei Minei Mezonot on matzah year round?! Indeed, the predominant Sephardic practice is to recite a Mezonot upon
You might have seen Rabbis Neuberger, Sobolofsky, Taubes and Jachter walking throughout greater Teaneck last Tuesday and wondered why the rabbinical parade. The answer is
What a simcha to see Shaarei Orah’s own Joshua Schulz marry a wonderful young lady, Rachel Lina (Lini) Sassen, this past week in Israel! The
The excitement is palpable. Eitan Shushan’s bar mitzvah will be held this coming Shabbat, im yirtzeh Hashem, at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of
Ashkenazic Jews are accustomed to seeing Sephardic Jews return late on Shabbat and Yom Tov evenings. It is well known that Sephardim read each word
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky relates the following poignant story: I once sat on an overseas flight next to a talkative executive who was skeptical about his
The Maimon family of Teaneck was celebrating the bar mitzvah of their eldest son on Parshat Yitro of 5763 (2003). A large crowd had gathered,
Those who have visited both Sephardic and Ashkenazic batei knesset know that there are some differences in their content and style. While the core is
