While recent high school grads are enjoying their summer in camp, relaxing or touring, moms and dads are certainly thinking ahead to when in a
Teaneck resident Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath is helping people answer the question, “Vi volt ir es gezogt of Yiddish?” or “How would you say it in Yiddish?”
Barely a year has passed since the Biale Rebbe’s last visit to Passaic and West Orange, but it seems like so much more. Dozens of
My first experience with Elie Wiesel was in the classroom. I was in a Jewish Literature class. We had finished reading Shalom Aleichem and were
Why Open Orthodoxy Is Not Orthodox, By David Rosenthal, forward by Rav Aharon Feldman, Paperback, $12.49: 278 pages, Yad Yosef Publications (June 19, 2016).
Rabbi Maurice Lamm passed away last week at the age of 86. He was a beloved and respected writer, speaker and leader in the Jewish
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk a”h. Bava Kamma 31 A driver suddenly
Bamidbar: 16:30 The synagogue board meeting was scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock. All the chairs were lined up at the majestic oak table in
The Gemara (Hullin 111b) records a dispute between Rav and Shmuel regarding the following case: Hot fish was placed on a meat plate (a plate
Some scholars have suggested that Hebrew words sometimes have two opposite meanings. I would like to closely examine this claim in the context of Biblical
At times, we are challenged to uncover the underlying reason why chazal chose a specific chapter in the Navi as the haftarah that would connect
The heinous and horrific terrorist murders this past week of Hallel Ariel Hy”d and Rav Micky Marc Hy”d have caused us all to pause and
