לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I (an Ashkenazi) accidentally said the bracha of Al Mitzvat Tefillin on my tefillin shel

On December 25, 2017, my yeshiva, Heichal HaTorah in Teaneck, hosted a grandfather-grandson morning of Torah learning. It was beautiful and touching to see grandfathers

Everyone has their favorite Chabad story. Here is mine. A friend once approached a Chabad shaliach (emissary) who would stand at the entrance to the

In a remarkable display of moral clarity and courage, Rabbi Yosef Garmon stood before Pope Francis this week and delivered a powerful defense of Israel’s

וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם כִּי בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא (בראשית כח:יא) “וישכב במקום ההוא—and he (Yaakov) lay down in

Abracadabra! If you pay close attention to these words, you will see that the phrase magicians utter is true. This little phrase that kids think

Leah named her first son Reuven. The Gemara (Berachot 7b) says that by naming him Reuven, Leah [prophetically] imparted the following: See (“re’u”) the difference

We’re informed that Yakov Avinu left his space, and we’re also told that he went to a different place. Why doesn’t it just say that

At Genesis 29:31, we are told that God saw that Leah was שנואה. The issue for this column is, “whether our forefather Yaakov really hated

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you just didn’t know what to say? You don’t want to say the wrong thing, yet

I. Thank You Hashem We recognize and thank God for the blessings we receive in this world, sometimes in formal ways with a blessing and

We are now in the Hebrew month of Kislev, with the light-filled holiday of Chanukah soon approaching. Did you learn about Kislev and Chanukah in