I find it fascinating that the U.S. president can fully override the judicial system by forgiving a person convicted and found guilty of a crime.

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We read in this week’s parsha: “Hashem will establish you as His holy nation as He swore to you, if you guard the mitzvot of

Starting the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, it’s minhag of the klal to blow shofar every weekday morning, after Shacharis. When I was younger,

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Hundreds of thousands throughout the world to unite in learning and tefillah on behalf of klal Yisrael. If there was ever a time that klal

There are very few storylines as dramatic or as harsh as the saga of a ben sorer u’moreh. A wayward adolescent boy exhibits preliminary signs

My great-uncle Meyer Thurm, z”l, was known for his caring heart, tzedakah and his honesty. His yahrzeit was a few weeks ago and I was

The past Lag BaOmer was one of those times when the eyes of the whole nation watched in tears the unimaginable consequences of the terrible

The organization of the second aliyah seems slightly odd. It begins by instructing that the body of an executed person be briefly publicly hung and

Sukkot 37b Loewenstein’s shtiebel on the second floor of the North London flat was packed tight, from wall to wall, that balmy Sukkot morning. Congregants