March 6, 2025

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Quivers and Quakes

It is the prophet Amos who devotes the opening verses of his eponymous biblical book to asking seven rhetorical questions. Among those questions we find

Completing Kaddish

Today marked the completion of 11 months of saying Kaddish for my father. The first time our daughter Ayala met her brother Joseph, she was

Electric Shavers and Halachic Haircuts

Reviewing: “The Halachic Haircutting Handbook: A Breakthrough Exposure of an Obscure Mitzvah” by Rabbi Chaim Jachter and Binyamin Jachter. Independently published. 2021. Paperback. 118 pages.

1948 Revisited

Reviewing: “Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East: The 1948 Arab War Against Israel and the Aftershocks of World War II” by Matthias Küntzel. Routledge.

Tefillat Musaf

Reviewing: “The Musaf Prayer: Background and Commentary,” by Rabbi Elchanan Adler. Mosaica Press. 2023. English. 230 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1957579412. The Tefillas Musaf of Shabbos is

Vacation Menu

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I feel like whoever designs most of these hotels and motels does not do so with the frum

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