The book of Genesis presents us with different people, among them Noach and Avraham. One common description of these two men is that they walked

We encounter Noach in this week’s parsha, who symbolizes an entity of rest (the root word being menucha), whose chief mission was to carry on

As we continue to explore the role of friendship in marriage, it strikes me how relevant this topic is to the month of Elul. During

Throughout these post-Tisha B’Av weeks, we have emphasized the point made by Tosafot (Megilla 31b) that the words of consolation and the visions of the

If only real life was as simple as the child’s game of “hot and cold”! When searching for an item, the child is prompted when

Many of the greatest Sephardic authorities of the prior generation, Rav Ovadia Yosef (Teshuvot Yechave Da’at 5:62), Rav Shalom Massas (Teshuvot Shemesh UMagein 1: EH:

It was the last thing Morah Yehudit taught Josh in Chumash class when the school year ended in June. Bikurim. After the Israelites conquered the

This week we learned Bava Kama 108 and 109. Here are some highlights. Bava Kama 108: A tzadik in the moment Reuven had a problem

David was excited to attend the training he was sent to for work. The room was filled to capacity when he arrived, and although he

This week, America marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. A few years ago, I was recounting to my fifth grade Ashar students

Parshat Ki Teitzei This week’s prophetic selection, the third and fifth in the series of seven haftarot of consolation, is taken from the 54th and

Nowhere in Tanakh is anyone counting from creation, and even after the period of the Tanakh, there is no evidence for use of our Jewish