Amos was attending a week-long Arachim Seminar. At the concluding Motzei Shabbos symposium he was one of the few asked to describe his experience at

In the beginning…there was chaos. And then there were heaven and earth. And plants and animals and man. Then there was the Sabbath, and Eden…and

You only get one body; take care of it! These aren’t my words, they’re God’s. Please read on. Even if you don’t believe in an

The celebration of each of the three regalim (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot) is accompanied by various mitzvot expressive of agricultural and historical significance: On Sukkot we

The holiday of Sukkot is flavored by two distinctly different mitzvot. The experience of four minim is the most aesthetically pleasing mitzvah and the arrangement

The journey from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Yom Kippur is a 40-day experience of self-awareness, teshuva, and spiritual growth, whereby we come closer than ever

Sukkot is the Yom Tov that is characterized as z’man simchateinu, “a time for joy.” What makes Sukkot different than other holidays that don’t have

Last week, during the Aseres Yemei Teshuva (the Ten Days of Repentance), our yeshiva, in conjunction with the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov, hosted a shiur

הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַאֲדַבֵּרָה; {ס} וְתִשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ, אִמְרֵי-פִי[1]. The Talmud Yeru­shalmi relates the following “discussion.” Nevuah (prophecy) argued that the appropriate penalty for committing a sin

On October 27, 2018, about a year ago, Robert Bowers, armed with an AR-15 rifle and three handguns, entered the “Tree of Life Synagogue” in

(Courtesy of Dirshu) Close to a half million children worldwide participated in the Dirshu International Yom Limud and Tefilla and the Acheinu Day of Jewish

Every seven years, in the year following a Shemita year (the sabbatical year, the seventh year of a seven-year agricultural cycle), on the holiday of