While everyone is concerned about the war in the north and Israel’s retaliation against Iran, we have to keep in mind that there are still

Here is the blessing to Reuven at Deuteronomy 33:6: “Yechi Reuven veal yamot, viyehi metav mispar.” Those last two words mean “few in number.” The

Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below:   Soup—מָרָק Waiter—מֶלְצַר Funny taste—טַעַם מַצְחִיק Smiles—מְחַיֵּךְ Can I ask — אֲבַקֵּשׁ Sir —

One of the lessons of Sukkot is that we don’t need to have a lot of things in order to be happy. Sukkot is called

Beitzah 17a; Chullin 101b, Shabbat 86b, Pesachim 53b. You arrive home after Kol Nidrei. Even though you had a full meal before you left to

Hashem’s Seeming Insensitivity to Moshe Rabbeinu Congregation Shaarei Orah’s Menachem Bestoff and Joel Mizrahi raised a poignant question. They noted that Hashem seems exceedingly insensitive

The Tashlich ceremony we just performed on Rosh Hashanah had some added poignancy this year. The Matteh Moshe, as cited by Rabbi Daniel Sherman of

A young man walking on the street in Lakewood sees a sign that says: “Apartment For Rent”” with a phone number beneath it. He calls

Tefillah gatherings led by gedolei Yisrael at the Kosel and at kever of Chazon Ish. “The main teshuva is Torah!” That is what Rav Aharon

It is written in the Gemara Rosh Hashanah (16a) that we mention in the Musaf of Rosh Hashanah Malchuyos (pesukim about Hashem’s kingship over the

With Ha’azinu, we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month, Moses had taught the people. He had told them their

Many years ago, on a group trip to Israel with members of our shul, we had some time between Havdala and our midnight flight back