In Parshat Shoftim we read about the individual who was preparing for battle. In describing such a person the Torah writes, “When you do battle
(Courtesy of Dirshu) The city of Pinsk in Belarus may seem a very unlikely place for a siyum haShas, but quietly out of the spotlight,
Rabbi Sorotzkin runs the organization Lev L’Achim in Eretz Yisrael, an organization specializing in being mekarev (bringing closer to Judaism) those who don’t have a
At the core of Jewish identity lies kosher dietary laws and kosher eating. Almost every “identified” Jew maintains some minimal standard of a kosher diet.
This parsha begins with Moshe Rabbeinu providing an outstanding motivation intended to re-focus our goals and pursuits in life: “See that I place before you
“For three and a half weeks you are zoche to experience and understand what a talmid chacham meant when he said, ‘Dirshu ruined my life!’
Joe Wallis was a very successful weapons and aircraft dealer. He was once giving a tour of his facility to a prospective purchaser, a representative
Last week we discussed the idea of having an emotional emunah: Understanding emotionally, and feeling strongly that Hashem is the only One in complete control
I was recently approached by a friend who had been a baal teshuva (a non-practicing Jew, now an observer) for the past 16 years. He
Worrying about a possible religious erosion once he is retired, Moshe exhorts the Jewish people toward the trait of yirat shamayim. He presents this trait
A few months ago, my wife and I were invited to a wedding at the Roemer Synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey. As I usually do
Forty-five years ago, Rabbi Simcha Bamberger came to Manchester, England as one of the city’s first four kollel yungeleit. Rav Osher Westheim, one of the
