Spring has sprung, which means not only is Pesach on the way, but, alas, the dreaded “t” word: yes, taxes. Groan …. Shortly after we

(Courtesy of SWC) Against the backdrop of the horrific invasion of Ukraine and continuing antisemitic attacks across the U.S., New York State Senator Anna Kaplan

The Heichal HaTorah Night Seder Program officially launched on February 7, about two months ago. Rabbi Yitzchak Genack reported that a number of components have

“I am very excited about this program because it combines both yedias haTorah with learning b’iyun in a way that will tremendously enrich any participant.”

Evel Gadol LaYehudim It all suddenly…stopped. Having finished our Purim seudot on Friday at Yeshivat HaKotel in Yerushalayim, we were now preparing for the transition

“And it was on the eighth day…” So begins our sedra of Shemini. “The eighth day,” explains Rashi, refers to the day after the week-long

In memory of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. In Parshat Shemini we finally arrive at the moment we have been waiting for. Since Parshat Teruma we

In Parshat Shemini at the end of the first aliyah, it says that the korban was done in the proper way that the law commanded.

The parsha of Shemini is troubling. In the midst of the inauguration ceremonies of the Mishkan, two of Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu, “each took

This week is Parshat Parah, following the sequence of the four parshiyot (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, Hachodesh) that are accomplished by the beginning of Nisan. What’s

It happens a few times every century. We lose a Torah giant who seems irreplaceable. The gaping hole left behind feels irreparable. With the death

At the 25th Anniversary of the Jewish Music Institute in 2010, Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks extolled the value of Jewish music: “To me, music