As a follow-up to last week’s column, please note the following important information regarding the Teaneck eruv. 1) The Teaneck Eruv Team—The Teaneck eruv has

In his role as an itinerant storyteller (and a summer camp doctor), the Maggid has been privileged to serve on the staff of a wonderful

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk a”h. This week we learned Bava Kama

In last month’s article, we observed the convergence of Torah precepts and psychological theories regarding the critical role “self-love” plays as a prerequisite for healthy

“Actually, you know, my middle son was studying 18th-century history and the American War of Independence, and he said to me the other day, ‘You

The closing words of today’s haftorah are among the most familiar in all of Tanach. The navi Micha’s statement that Hashem demands no more of

Every Friday night we say in Eishet Chayil, “Gimalat’hu tov vilo ra—She bestows good and never bad all the days of her life” (Mishlei 31:12).

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