Over 500,000 Jews Worldwide Join in Special Day of Tefillah and Unity It felt like Neilah on Yom Kippur! Tens of gedolei Yisrael pouring their
A Monday afternoon car crash on Route 17 in Sullivan County, New Jersey, killed Morris and Beth (Pitem) Faitelewicz, of the Lower East Side of
Devarim: 29: 9-14 It was a beautiful late August day. They sat on the shoreline, father and daughter, twenty feet from their beach umbrella and
Rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck The Jewish people love performing mitzvot just as, in the words of Shlomo Hamelech in
For the past 15 years, I’ve been davening on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at a vasikin minyan, which is my teshuvah for what time
“And an evil flying giant destroys the entire city!” Josh looked on in horror as his friend, Mike, took a flying leap and came crashing
All good things must come to an end, the saying goes. That’s certainly true. By the time you read this, summer vacation will be over;
With the Yamim Noraim (High Holidays) fast approaching, we’re entering into a period during which the focus is on personal reflection and introspection. For those
Many people assume that Shmitah, the Torah-mandated sabbatical year during which planting, harvesting and other agricultural activities are prohibited in the Land of Israel, is
Teshuvah is on the forefront of our collective minds as we near Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Our sages tell us
In our youth, my husband, Jack, and I did not have the opportunity to travel to Israel. Yet, from the first trip we took, when
“I stepped off the plane in Ben Gurion, Israel, The sun was shining brightly all the day. It was 1 p.m. on a summer Tuesday
