Sotah 42b “It was toward the end of the war,” recounted my father, Dayan Grunfeld. “An Inter-Faith Hospitality Committee brought children from Europe to England

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: We want to plant a fruit tree in our yard, but if we can work

Written in memory of Rabbi Simcha Yisroel ben Yechezkel Tzvi. It’s not easy to be menachem avel as we don’t like going to “sad places.”

Justice Rachel Wainer Apter was sworn in as Associate Justice to the New Jersey Supreme Court before a packed and standing room-only audience at the

Moshe Rabbeinu is exhausted. He has led the children of Israel through the wilderness for months. Time after time, they have tested his patience with

Arthur Charles Clarke — the British science and science fiction writer—expressed what is known as Clarke’s three laws: (1) When a distinguished, but elderly scientist

  קַח אֶת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת בֶּהֱמַת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם וְהָיוּ לִי הַלְוִיִּם אֲנִי ה’: (במדבר ג:מה) It is written in

(Courtesy of YU) Continuing the special partnership between Yeshiva University and its neighbors in Washington Heights, the YU chapter of START Science had its year-end

The heilige Ribnitzer Rebbe, Reb Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, zt”l, was an extraordinary tzaddik and a legendary baal avodah, whose sacrifice for Yiddishkeit and holiness suffused

Megillat Esther Not surprisingly, our guide to political involvement in a non-Jewish government is Megillat Esther. It teaches us when to include ourselves and when

We just celebrated Yom Yerushalayim, marking the 56th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification. Yom Yerushalayim usually falls around the time we read Parshat Bamidbar which opens

Hashem has blessed me with the great privilege of being able to spend my days learning, davening and teaching at Yeshivat Hakotel, overlooking the Har