A story is told of a great tzaddik and his rebbetzin who possessed almost no material items. They owned only one item of significance: a

Yom Kippur inspires reflections about personal repentance as well as national atonement. We plead for personal deliverance just as we voice our hopes for our

We all want to eventually get into Heaven. We spend much time studying Torah and doing mitzvot so as to pave the way to Gan

The universal nature of Rosh Hashanah isn’t limited to a particular nation and certainly not to a particular location. All human beings are judged and,

When discussing Rosh Hashanah with my high school students a number of years ago, one of my students said that Rosh Hashanah is similar to

Question: How is it that we call the first 10 days of Tishrei the “Ten Days of Teshuva”? On Rosh Hashanah, the first two days

Last month, a dream came true. Thanks to the help of some dear relatives, my son and I were able to go to Eretz Yisrael

The opening section of Parshat Ki Tavo is framed by the encounter with financial success. Having cultivated a successful harvest, a person presents his finest

Many store owners post a dollar bill on the wall behind the cash register to remember their first dollar of profit. We have a related

Parshat Ki Teitzei speaks of the ben sorer umoreh, the rebellious child. This rebellious child became so caught up in his gluttonous ways that he

Last week my wife woke me up at 1:30 a.m., saying “Get up quickly! Someone is knocking on the front door!” I was half asleep

Administration of the death penalty by beit din accomplished two very different goals: It served in a punitive capacity to punish the criminal and it