“We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, but Hashem our God took us out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. And if

Who would you make “the face of the Jewish people”? Would it be Yaakov Avinu, whose face was engraved on the Throne of Glory? Would

When Hashem told Moshe to collect a machatzit hashekel (a certain coin) from every Jew over the age of 20, He commanded: “Zeh yitnu”—This is

Last week I had quite an unusual experience, which fortunately I was able to laugh about. The alternative would have been to cry, and I

I have a question that you may not have thought of because it appears simple, but as you’ll see the question is more difficult than

As my wife and I passed by the ladies’ shoe department in a large department store, we saw hundreds of pairs of beautifully displayed expensive

Our sefer/parsha is known as the Book of Names, on the surface because it deals with names: the shevatim (tribes), Moshe Rabbeinu and Hashem. However,

Imagine the scene: All of Yaakov’s children surrounding the coffin of their beloved father, standing reverently, tearfully, at the entrance to the Mearat HaMachpela…and in

What an emotional scene plays out before us when Yosef is reunited with Binyamin, his long-lost blood brother, whom he has not seen in 22

In our sedra, as famine hits Canaan, our forefather Yitzchak is forced to leave his promised land for the more fertile countries to its south.

There is a section in the Talmud (Berachot 7b) that says that no one thanked God since the creation of the world until Leah thanked

Congregation Ohr HaTorah, located at 36 Rector Court in Bergenfield, is hosting their first Chanukah boutique on December 18 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon.