When I was about 9 years old, my parents drove up to a small hotel in the Catskill mountains for a vacation and a well-deserved

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 Bava

When I was learning in the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, I was part of a smaller group that learned with our rosh yeshiva, Harav Nosson

Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky relates the following poignant story: I once sat on an overseas flight next to a talkative executive who was skeptical about his

Although the lengthy parsha of Naso includes numerous different topics, the Rabbis chose the mitzvah of nezirut to be the bridge to connect us to

If ever there was a Biblical equivalent of the phrase “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” it would be “chanoch lana’ar al pi darko,

A few years ago, Chani took our younger children to one of the local Jewish owned shoe stores to buy shoes. The store had a

It might seem unusual, but I don’t really remember my first full day of high school. Actually, let me refine that statement—I remember it, but

(Translated from the German original) Part 6—Letter Number Three Thursday June 1, 1939 Dear Good Wife and My Dear Children! As you see we are

We had the privilege of attending the Yeshiva University graduation this week and watched as our eldest Hagler grandson, Tzvi, received his diploma. The pouring

As we commemorate the 20th yahrzeit of our beloved father, Rabbi Elias Lauer, z”l, we reminisce on a life that, though not long in years,

New York—A recently published study found a higher level of marital satisfaction among Orthodox Jews who signed a religious prenuptial agreement. It also found that