I’m asking seriously. I think I need to come up with a middle-of-the-circle dance for weddings. And by “middle of the circle,” I don’t mean

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Scholastic This book is a classic whose sheer magnificence screams at you to put down whatever

It’s hard to believe but Purim is just around the corner. In less than two weeks, Jews all over the world will gather and celebrate

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