It was ridiculously warm outside late Tuesday afternoon. And the last thing my Jewish day school high school students wanted to do was stay inside

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Avoda Zara

Shemot 29:29-30 “There’s just no way.” “But it’s tradition.” “I don’t care. I just can’t do it.” “Your father would have wanted you to wear

Part II Mazal tov! David Feder, a beloved friend of Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, had a boy! Since David, who observes

Since Parshat Zachor is upcoming, I thought it would be appropriate to deal with the root Z-C-R. I actually dealt with this topic before. (Do

I don’t know if there’s anything worse than being a sock. Socks are put on hastily in the morning and have the inauspicious task of

The disproportion between Amalek’s crime and their punishment is stunning. Their desert attack of the pilgriming Jews elicits a seemingly exaggerated response—a specific mitzvah to

For many years now, I’ve been bothered with a question that I know many have asked. Hashem performed incredible miracles for the Bnei Yisrael as

This Shabbos we will be reading Parshat Zachor, where we are bidden to always remember Amalek. In Shemot (17:8-16) we read that Amalek became a

A middle-aged couple planned to celebrate their newly acquired status as empty nesters; they planned to check into a luxurious country spa for a midweek

Shabbat Zachor Parshat Tetzaveh The haftarah this Shabbat Zachor is the well-known story told in Sefer Shmuel I of King Shaul’s battle against Amalek, a

Two of the great leaders of the chasidic movement were the Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgenstern of Kotzk, known as the Kotzker