Excavating the history of words can sometimes be as revealing as excavating the ruins of an ancient city. Take the English word “enthusiasm.” Today, we

Mishap at Dinner A beautiful young Jewish family was enjoying dinner together, when the nine-year-old son mistakenly took a ben yomo (used that day) dairy

The eagerly anticipated moment had finally arrived. An entire nation, three million strong, assembled in the courtyard of the newly constructed Mishkan to inaugurate the

Gary Schrager, a former student at my yeshiva, used to work as a cameraman for Channel 7 News. He told me that whenever there was

Last week, we saw that human suffering results from man’s actions, rather than part of Hashem’s intention for His ideal world. This week, we will

Shabbat HaChodesh Parshat Shemini In the first two pesukim of this week’s haftarah (according to the Ashkenazi minhag), the navi Yechezkel depicts the required gifts

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: My coordination, balance and eyesight have deteriorated. Despite my best efforts, not infrequently on Shabbat

Reb Mendel Futerfas was a legendary mashpiah, known for his incredible self-sacrifice and resilience in the face of Soviet persecution. With incredible resolve and inner

Sefer Vayikra is when we tend to find creative ways to discuss anything but the parsha. During this period between Purim and Pesach, when the

Pesach is just around the corner, so soon, you might meet with your rabbi to arrange the sale of chametz. At that meeting, he’ll probably

Recently, we have been reading about a 91 year old rabbi, Rav Meyer Leifer, and his family, who took in a 67 year old woman

וַיֹּאמֶר משֶׁה אֶל אַהֲרֹן הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְדֹוָד לֵאמֹר בִּקְרֹבַי אֶקָּדֵשׁ וְעַל פְּנֵי כָל הָעָם אֶכָּבֵד וַיִּדֹּם אַהֲרֹן (ויקרא י:ג) “Then Moshe said to Aharon,