Regarding Sichon’s victory in the war it engaged in with Moav, the pasuk says: “Regarding this the moshlim [poets] would say: ‘Come to Cheshbon—let it

The parsha of Balak can be thought of as the parsha of missed opportunities. The rabbis point out that Balak, rather than asking Balaam for

In 1982, my parents were sent to the former Soviet Union by Lishkas Ezras Achim, a Chabad organization that sent material and spiritual aid to

The Jewish nation covers an enormous spectrum of people. There are Jews out there from all over the world, all different shapes, sizes, colors, cultures,

We hope and expect that our children will carry on our Jewish traditions and values. After spending a small fortune on tuition, summer camps and

This week, the family and friends of David Thaler, z”l, met via Zoom to share memories on his second yahrzeit. I recalled my first encounter

Machloket is not something we want to get involved with. And we see this poignantly from this week’s parsha from Korach and his followers. Machloket

This past week I finished teaching Yeshayahu as part of a podcast series for the OU’s Torat Imecha Nach Yomi initiative. It was a strange

After high school, I had an internship on Wall Street for an investment adviser who worked for a major Jewish businessman and philanthropist. One day,

During the recent protests, society has begun to face important dilemmas regarding monuments that commemorate national heroes whose lifestyles were discrepant with current norms of

Many countries around the world have navigated the first phase of the corona crisis, slowly resuming their “routines” after months in quarantine. This shift affords

When one of my daughters was four years old, she was looking out the front window and shouted in delight, “Daddy! Look! The chocolate truck