Do you have any idea how hard it is for your rabbi to concentrate on his davening? Kavana—the maintenance of clear focus during tefillah—is a

Reb Tzvi Hersch HaKohen of Rimanov, zt”l was a humble and unassuming tzaddik—unique among the rebbes of his generation. He was orphaned as a young

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: Our father died on Friday and was buried on Sunday. I was told to listen

“You shall appoint shoftim veshotrim (judges and officers) at all your gates that God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due

 Parshat Shoftim “Arise, Hashem, and don Your might as You did in earlier generations,” cries Yishayahu HaNavi in the verses that precede this week’s haftarah.

In Bava Batra 75a, Rabba thrice quotes Rabbi Yochanan about messianic times —- Hashem making a meal for the righteous from the Leviathan’s flesh; a

כִּי תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל אֹיְבֶךָ וְרָאִיתָ סוּס וָרֶכֶב עַם רַב מִמְּךָ לֹא תִירָא מֵהֶם כִּי יְדֹוָד אֱלֹקיךָ עִמָּךְ הַמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: (דברים כ:א) “When you

Their names and holy souls pull at the heartstrings of any feeling Jew. Many of them exemplified remarkable heroism and sacrifice. They went back to

I. A Hard Day’s Night The Wall Street Journal recently published an expose on Bank of America for overworking employees. One investment banker recently died

Many of us take the time to recite a tefillah (prayer) for the soldiers of Am Yisrael. In many of the tefillot people say כִּ֚י

Moshe designated three cities on the eastern side of the Jordan River as Cities of Refuge (Devarim 4:41-43) and commanded the nation to designate three

Our community must also reflect on our commitment to talmud Torah. This can only develop by practically strengthening our connection with learning at all levels,