Endings Explicate Beginnings The approach of the end of the school year is a time of deep reflection. ס֥וֹף דָּבָ֖ר הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶת־הָאֱלֹקים יְרָא֙ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָ֣יו

רְפָאֵ֤נִי ה֙ וְאֵ֣רָפֵ֔א הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה כִּ֥י תְהִלָּתִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃ “Heal me, O Lord, and let me be healed; save me, and let me be saved; for

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Sotah 39a describes and derives the obligation to be quiet for kriat haTorah. Thus: אָמַר רָבָא בַּר רַב הוּנָא: כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּפְתַּח סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה אָסוּר לְסַפֵּר

In the height of the High Holiday celebrations in autumn of 1978, the Lubavitcher Rebbe suffered a heart attack. Dr. Ira Weiss of Chicago, a

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To coincide with the observance of Yom HaShoah in Teaneck/Bergenfield, the Greater Teaneck Annual Yom HaShoah Committee arranges for a local school to display Holocaust

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(Courtesy of YUConnects) Matchmaking organization YUConnects is approaching its 600th successful marriage match. In anticipation of this milestone and with the goal of further developing

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