This week’s haftarah is taken from the second perek in Sefer Yehoshua, which actually relates events that took place even before those found in the

The haftarah that we read from Sefer Zecharya this week is one familiar to us, for it serves as the reading for Shabbat Chanukah as

This past week at my shul, Ohr Torah, we celebrated the amazing achievements of our graduates at our annual Graduation Kiddush, spelling out the well-earned

As a boy, and up until today, I was always intrigued by the concept and tradition of the 36 hidden righteous. I remember people speaking

Kiddushin 55-62 May the learning of these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk a”h. Kiddushin

Rav Joseph Soloveitchik, zt”l once delivered a marvelous shiur regarding the great controversy between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. In the 23rd chapter of Vayikra

One of the potentially biggest themes in the Exodus from Egypt and the seder night is language. Psychologists and anthropologists have deemed language to be

The Sages tell us, “There are three partners in man—the Holy One, blessed be He, the father, and the mother” (Kiddushin 30b). Couples who are

Calling Pesach the holiday of freedom seems to be very paradoxical. We clean our houses, cars and offices in such onerous and arduous fashion, that

I have always been amazed by the “popularity” of the Pesach holiday. People who may not enter a synagogue more than three times a year

There are many expectations of members of the Orthodox community. We expect our young men and women to work hard in college and pursue lofty

The holiday of Purim celebrates the story told in the biblical book of Esther. Yet, as we read the Megillah, some people ask whether the