How do we improve Torah learning in Jewish day schools and make it more personal for the students? This is a question that Torah educators

When discussing the management of life stress, people often use the metaphor of juggling multiple balls in the air. This metaphor represents the various concerns

Being responsible and caring means not only caring about what will be best for ourselves, but also what will be best for others. In this

It took me two years to recover from the death of my father, of blessed memory. To this day, almost twenty years later, I am

Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights and Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The

One of the great leadership thinkers of our generation, John C Maxwell, has often said, “The difference between great people and average people is their

This coming week, the United States—the longest running, and most successful democracy—will be celebrating its Independence Day. This ambitious experiment or “the city on the

The concern of the overarch shaping behind the ear stems from the human tendency towards patterns. The modern barber and style dictate that the arch

וַיַּעֲמֹד מַלְאַךְ ה’ בְּמִשְׁעוֹל הַכְּרָמִים גָּדֵר מִזֶּה וְגָדֵר מִזֶּה: (במדבר כב:כד) “And the malach of Hashem stood in the path of vineyards with a fence

By Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman Why did Abaye and Rava spend so much time arguing about Halacha, bringing proofs from Mishnayot and braytot, and reinterpreting

By Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim This week are the yahrzeits of Binyamin Yisrael ben Shlomo HaLevi Gonsher (10 Tammuz) and Shlomo Zalman ben Rabbi Mordechai Yisroel

By Rabbi Reuven Taragin Over the past weeks, we studied the first of the 13 principles, which recognizes Hashem’s control over all occurrences. This week,