A Different Kind Of Report Card This is the time of year in Israel when schools give students their mid-year report cards. But this year,
Years ago, in the late 40s or early 50s, there was a rabbi of the Touro Synagogue—a talmid of Rav Yerucham Levovitz—who appeared on a
In my youth, there was an exceptionally talented YU basketball player by the name of Eric Davis. Besides his exceptional talent, he had other standout
Our parsha records that by the giving of the Torah, Moshe and his companions received a prophecy, and as it states (24:10), “They saw the
Exodus 22:17 commands that one is not allowed to let a מכשפה live. But what precisely is a מכשפה and what is the meaning of
(Courtesy of Shas Chabura) Do you feel a lack of satisfaction and simcha in your learning due to a lack of comprehension of the sugya?
YUTorah offered for in-flight use for the first time since its 2003 launch. (Courtesy of YU) Yeshiva University, the flagship Jewish university, is bringing Torah
We want to be nice to everyone. We try to help people when we can and not hurt their feelings. But for certain special people,
Parshat Yitro The vivid and dramatic vision seen by the navi Yishayahu in our haftarah is, as we have noted in earlier essays, the very
When people leave this world, we mourn their passing and grieve for the loss. When people die tragically and suddenly, we are left wondering how
My student Boruch Falkovsky came to America from Russia when he was in his 30s. It started as a two-week visit to Yeshiva Ohr Sameach
Reb Chaim Elazar Spira, the Munkatcher Rebbe, was a tzadik and gaon of unusual piety known after his multi-volume Minchas Elazar. An expression of his
