The attribute of zerizut, or alacrity, although not an indispensable quality for fulfillment of Torah or rabbinic injunctions, is one that the Torah enjoins every

Two seemingly disparate events on different sides of the world held just weeks apart from each other with seemingly no connection. In today’s interconnected global

As the Seder winds down the tension builds. Who has stolen the afikoman, and what price will it take to release this crucial hostage so

The Torah prescribes several actions that must be performed vis-à-vis a person afflicted with tzara’at: And the leper upon whom the nega is [located]—his clothes

לזכר נשמת חו”מ נטע יצחק בן אלכסנדר A neighbor related that when he informed his 6-year-old son of the petirah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l,

The nega is not to be negated. Our parsha discusses the curious phenomenon of a “nega”—a certain element known as tzaraat, which can come from

This Shabbat is the Shabbat before Pesach, which is known as Shabbat Hagadol. On this special Shabbat the haftarah is read from the book Malachi.

As the Jewish people are about to exit Egypt, Moshe calls the people together to address them. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, zt”l, explained that instead of

“Ashreichem!” That was the enthusiastic way HaGaon HaRav Yisrael Neuman, shlita, rosh yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, began his brief address to a massive

Part II Humans are fashioned in the image of God, and we are the only creatures who possess intelligent speech. Through regulating our language and

This year, as a Jewish “leap year,” Parshat HaChodesh, the special maftir portion we read on the Shabbat before (or on) Rosh Chodesh Nisan, coincides

My children love the indoor activity centers for Chol Hamoed trips. However, my wife and I always walk out with a headache! Two people can