Usually the way to “fix” something is to see the problem with it and thereupon create a solution to deal with that problem. However, when

There are few times during the year that are busier for roshei yeshiva and poskim than the week before Rosh Hashanah. Nevertheless, leading luminaries such

Around 25 years ago, on Shabbat Bereishit, I attended a Friday night talk of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l, prior to Maariv prayers. These extensive wide-ranging

In our Monday parshanut shiur at Lamdeinu we are studying the story of the engagement of Yitzchak and Rivkah in Chapter 24 of Sefer Bereishit.

Amos was attending a week-long Arachim Seminar. At the concluding Motzei Shabbos symposium he was one of the few asked to describe his experience at

In the beginning…there was chaos. And then there were heaven and earth. And plants and animals and man. Then there was the Sabbath, and Eden…and

You only get one body; take care of it! These aren’t my words, they’re God’s. Please read on. Even if you don’t believe in an

The celebration of each of the three regalim (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot) is accompanied by various mitzvot expressive of agricultural and historical significance: On Sukkot we

The holiday of Sukkot is flavored by two distinctly different mitzvot. The experience of four minim is the most aesthetically pleasing mitzvah and the arrangement

The journey from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Yom Kippur is a 40-day experience of self-awareness, teshuva, and spiritual growth, whereby we come closer than ever

Sukkot is the Yom Tov that is characterized as z’man simchateinu, “a time for joy.” What makes Sukkot different than other holidays that don’t have

Last week, during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva (the Ten Days of Repentance), our yeshiva, in conjunction with the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov, hosted a shiur