This year I had the privilege of spending Tisha B’Av in Camp Nageela, a kiruv summer camp in upstate New York. Being in a kiruv

Last month, my wife and I were in Israel. Aside from visiting family, our purpose for going was to show solidarity. Ever since last October,

Despite what their kids might think, being a parent isn’t easy. One of the hardest parts of the job for a parent (and certainly for

In a much-watched TED Talk, Simon Sinek asked the following question: How do great leaders inspire action? What made people like Martin Luther King and

In Devarim, perek 4, Moshe Rabbeinu warns us that we face exile from our beloved land if we betray Hashem and His Torah. He even

Last week, Ismail Haniyeh—a notorious bloodthirsty murderer and leader of a gang of ruthless terrorists—was removed from this planet. He was a vile murderer, accountable

Whenever my four-year-old twin grandsons (Aryeh and Nosson Tzvi) see the Hebrew letter Aleph, they say, “That’s Aleph for Aryeh.” When they see the letter

This Difficult Year Typically, we identify with Shabbat Nachamu more than with Tisha B’Av. Most of us have lived comfortable and secure lives devoid of

Even if you can’t have it, you should still want it. That line may sound like the opposite of the 10th commandment,“lo tachmod,” that warns

וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְדֹוָד בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר (דברים ג:כג) (Courtesy of Zera Shimshon) On the first pasuk in our parsha (Devorim 3:23), “And I (Moshe) pleaded

Parshat Vaetchanan Shabbat Nachamu The haftarah for Shabbat Nachamu opens the “sheva denechemta,” the seven post-Tisha B’Av haftarot with Yishayahu’s prophecies of comfort. It also

The Jewish people sinned doubly, as it says, “Cheit chatah Yerushalayim – (The people of) Jerusalem sinned a sin” (Eicha 1:8). And they were punished