Rosh Hashanah is a day of profound duality, where emotions blend between awe and solemnity, pride and joy. We stand before Hashem in judgment, fully

The Sages of Aragon’s Question Later generations obligate earlier ones. How can that be? Nonetheless, Devarim 29:14 records Moshe Rabbeinu, including those present and those

Parshiyot Nitzavim/Vayelech “Sos asis baShem!” The glorious cry of Knesset Yisrael (the body politic) to the nation (or, the nation to Jerusalem) urging them to

Who are you really? For better or for worse, we are not identified as much by what we do as by who we are. As

One of my students went on a group tour deep into mainland China. During the trip, he felt sick and stopped to rest. No one

Reb Hillel Paritcher was a baal avodah and dedicated chasid of the Alter Rebbe and his successors. A chasidic master in his own right, Reb

The Holy Temple in Jerusalem had just been destroyed. To add insult to injury, the marauders were parading about the city, holding the Ark with

What Mitzvah Means Many mistakenly view mitzvot as the equivalent of good deeds. Though mitzvot are indeed good deeds, they are much more than just

ויאמר יְדֹוָד אֶל משֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵכַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת בְּרִיתִי

I recently heard a story about a boy who waved a small yellow flag, waiting for the captain to honk the horn of his giant

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: One of our chazanim and a minority of our congregants cry/encourage crying during our tefillot

Dedicated in loving memory of my uncle Shmuel Kohn, R’ Shmuel Chaim ben Rav Yakov Meir a”h, a long-time Teaneck resident who often told me