While many extraordinary American companies have voluntarily taken serious financial setbacks as their contribution to defending Ukraine—now the front line in a war on the
A creative coordination between Congregations Rinat Yisrael in the West Englewood area of Teaneck and Congregation Netivot Shalom in the Route 4/Cedar Lane area of
By Tamar CroogWomen’s Initiative for Jewish Studies at Young Israel of New Rochelle is proud to present Dr. Ahuva Liberles on Wednesday, March 23 at
Good leaders know their own limits. They do not try to do it all themselves. They build teams. They create space for people who are
When Rav Chaim Shmulevitz, zt”l, rosh yeshivas Mir and author of Sichos Mussar, was a young man he spent some time visiting with his uncle,
Parshat Tzav This Shabbat we stand just a few weeks before Pesach and a few days after Purim. Certainly it is a time of joy,
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה רְצוֹנוֹ כִּרְצוֹנֶךָ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה רְצוֹנְךָ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ. בַּטֵּל רְצוֹנְךָ מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל רְצוֹן אֲחֵרִים מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנֶךָ. (אבות ב:ד) Last time we
לזכר נשמת חו”מ נטע יצחק בן אלכסנדר When I was a child, hanging in our home was a needlepoint my mother made that had a
To return the reflection of the spark of God within us, our souls must be kept untarnished. According to the soul’s instruction manual, the Torah,
Tannaitic Evidence In a rare moment, the Gemara (Megillah 7a) searches for evidence of Hashem’s influence on the writing of Megillat Esther. The Gemara cites
Amidst all the hullabaloo of the Purim celebrations—all the excitement, the simcha and the many deep messages of the chag—there is something very strange about
Everything in the Purim story happened so quickly. Out of nowhere, an unknown upstart named Haman rose to power and launched a genocidal plan against
