Rosh Hashanah: It’s Scary but It’s Safe
It’s scary, but it’s safe. These words have a deep meaning for my wife and myself. We lived in Maalot Dafna, Yerushalayim for the first
It’s scary, but it’s safe. These words have a deep meaning for my wife and myself. We lived in Maalot Dafna, Yerushalayim for the first
This year, we do not blow shofar on the first day of Rosh Hashanah because it is Shabbat. To prevent people from carrying a shofar
The term “without“ best captures this year’s challenging Rosh Hashanah. Due to health guidelines, so many classic features of Rosh Hashanah will be missing this
I believe that we can all agree that this year the awesome days of Rosh Hashanah will be different from past years. Many of us
The Midrash relates that Adam haRishon was given a panoramic tour of all the future generations. At one point during the tour, Adam noticed that
Optimists say every cloud has a silver lining. Often, though, it takes time to see the silver. When the storm clouds of COVID blew in,
The Chofetz Chaim’s yahrzeit is a tremendous eis ratzon, a remarkable time to invoke Divine mercy. In the last generations, there has perhaps been no
At the beginning of Elul last year, the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim found itself in an overwhelming deficit. Three weeks before Rosh Hashanah, the rosh
Teshuva is God’s ultimate gift to all of humanity. The ability to invert our past, transmute our personality and rehabilitate our broken relationship with God
The birth of a new year is a time of reflection and resolution, when hope and inspiration fill the air. We dream about what this
Waiting for the train to come, Einstein then realized that he couldn’t find his ticket. As he frantically searched around for his ticket, the conductor
Parshat Vayeilech begins with the words: “And Moshe went and he spoke all of these words to all of Israel.” The Torah relates that Moshe