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A Minyan on Har HaBayit?

Last year, I wrote an article for this paper on my experience being on Har HaBayit on 17 Tammuz and Tisha B’Av, and the loss

Every Child Is Valuable

In Bamidbar (Chapter 26) we are given a breakdown of the population of each tribe that was counted in the census after the plague. The

What Are You Talking About?

He had it! He told himself he wouldn’t eat another pint of Haagen-Dazs in one sitting. But what could he do? After another stressful day

Corona Diary #11: The Backward River

The primary Hebrew word for inheritance is “yerusha.” However, the Torah supplies an additional term for inheritance—the word “nachalah”—and the eighth perek of Bava Batra,

Acting Decisively for Peace

I’d like to dedicate this dvar Torah to a very happy couple, my daughter Malka and husband Tzvi Sontag, who recently gave birth to a

Purifying Our Souls

One of my favorite books is “Incredible,” written by my cousin Rabbi Nachman Seltzer. It is the life story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis, current CEO

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