There are times when we feel that life is particularly challenging. We may be facing unusual circumstances, sickness, financial setbacks or trouble with a family

It is difficult to imagine a more unlikely scenario than the one described for us in the Torah as to the process of redemption of

Hashem appears to Moshe in quite an enigmatic scene: atop a mountain in a fiery tree. Moshe sees that this tree on fire curiously isn’t

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A Tanach teacher of mine once bemoaned the prevalence of what he called the “kindergarten effect.” Because many of us in the Jewish community and

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Daf Yomi is hard. Whether you use Artscroll, Koren, Mesivta or listen to a shiur, the commitment to learn an entire page of Gemara every

(Courtesy of Hadran) Rabbanit Michelle Cohen Farber wakes up at 4:45 a.m. every day. One cup of coffee later, she powers on her computer and

COVID-19 has changed everything. The past year has produced a seismic shift in almost every aspect of our lives and will continue to shape our

My father-in-law, Rabbi Singer, attended one of the first Torah Umesorah conventions for day school principals. They had a major challenge. Many of the children

Chazal tell us that Yaakov Avinu wished to reveal the keitz, the time of the final redemption, to his sons, but it was concealed from

Yaakov waits until the end of his life until he is ready to give his children some “hardcore” mussar. When Yaakov gets up to Shimon,