Mazel tov to Laurie and Ira Bauman of Teaneck on the birth of a grandson, and to the parents, Aliza and Ezra Genauer of Seattle,
Sam and Ben Richman celebrated their bar mitzvah on 22 Shevat, Parshat Yitro (February 17-18, 2017) at Congregation Beth Abraham, in Bergenfield. Rabbi Moshe Tzvi
There is a well-known tension at the heart of the Passover holiday. The Haggadah contains a debate about whether the story of the Exodus is
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. Bava Batra 54: Limits to
The crowning of the title “rabbi” on a group of 150 young men at Yeshiva University this past Sunday was not only a celebration of
In 1857, a leading Reform-minded rabbi in America, Isaac Mayer Wise, published a prayer book he called Minhag America. With this publication, he attempted to
Shabbat HaChodesh: Parshiyot Vayakhel-Pekudei The special maftir reading established by the Tana’im in the Mishna was meant to remind the congregation that the time to
They say a picture is “worth a thousand words.” One of my children was recently looking at an old family photo album and stumbled upon
“So, Rabbi, bottom line—what’s the deal with drinking on Purim? What’s the message we are supposed to take from this unusual law?” That was the
Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei From the president on down, Americans are very attached to their money. They don’t part with it so willingly. They feel this even
As religious Jews, our lives seem to be governed by the observance of laws, mitzvot. We go through life thinking such thoughts as: Is this
One of the most emotion-charged campaign platforms of the 2016 election cycle was the declaration by candidate Donald Trump that the U.S. should build a
