The shock is immense. For several weeks and many chapters—the longest prelude in the Torah—we have read of the preparations for the moment at which
Lashon Hara Against the Dead? Sitting around the Shabbat table a few weeks ago, I posed the following question to my family. The story of
Parshat Tazria Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Nisan Shabbat HaChodesh The special maftir reading established by the Tanaim of the Mishnah was meant to remind the nation
The Mishnah (Yevamot 20a) lays out three types of prohibited relations: אִיסּוּר עֶרְוָה, אִיסּוּר מִצְוָה, and אִיסּוּר קְדוּשָּׁה, with distinctions as to whether chalitza is
The most famous episode in this week’s parsha is the mysterious death of Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu. As the Torah text is particularly vague
The heilige Ribnitzer Rebbe, Reb Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, zy”a, was an extraordinary tzadik and a legendary baal avodah whose sacrifice for Yidishkeit and holiness engulfed
It’s often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Why is that true? My ninth grade Heichal students (bekius) and I are
I have always wondered about the root ברך and its multiple meanings. Aside from the meaning “bless,” the root also means “kneel/knee.” Then there is
On Shushan Purim last week, the Jewish world lost its “prince of Torah,” its leader and preeminent scholar (gadol hador), Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. The
This past Friday news spread quickly throughout the world that the Gadol HaDor, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l was niftar. From his humble two-bedroom apartment at
Tens of thousands of words have been spoken and written in recent days throughout the media describing the legendary Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. There is
