Carl Honore is the author of the book: “In Praise of Slowness, Challenging the Cult of Speed.” In a TED Talk he gave on the
Chasidic communities are entitled to isolate their children from the secular world. Does that mean scrutiny of their schools’ alleged failures by The New York
The vast majority of Chasidic parents and students cherish the education offered by their yeshivas. The flyers in the synagogues in my Staten Island neighborhood
At the wedding of my older son Binyamin to Raizy Neuman a few weeks ago, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of great hakarat hatov
When I was a child, my mother sent me to a nearby neighbor to borrow a bottle of milk. I was shy, but I went
”שְׁמַעְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת.“ (אבות א:י) We are, of course, familiar with Shimon Hatzadik’s seminal statement (at the
Happiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate good at which all humans aim. But in Judaism it is not necessarily so. Happiness is a high value.
Our parsha opens with mitzvat bikkurim. Each year, the farmer brings his first fruits to the Beit Hamikdash in thanks to Hashem. The farmer then
How many taxes are filed on the night of April 14? Just ask all the accountants who come to the Seder bleary eyed. And how
Parashat Ki Tavo As we begin to study this week’s haftarah, a selection taken from the 60th perek of sefer Yishayahu, we quickly realize that
The central beis midrash of Belz was packed with an overflowing crowd, throngs of chasidim were eagerly anticipating the solemn beginning of the Yamim Nora’im.
Ketubot 68a records a conversation between Rava and his father-in-law, Rav Chisda. Rava, a fourth-generation Amora born in Mechoza, studied from several teachers, such as
