Mazal Tov to Shmuly Student of Brooklyn on winning the menorah from Mekor Judaica from the Mishmar Shaila Text/App! To win, Shmuly submitted a correct
Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies (WIJS) at Young Israel of New Rochelle is proud to present Miriam Udel on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 8
The question is ancient. If God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, then it was God who made Pharaoh refuse to let the Israelites go, not Pharaoh himself.
A Shocking Story This may be the Talmud’s most shocking story! Rabi Elazar, the son of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai, who spent 13 years secluded,
Parshat Va’era I have always felt a special connection to the haftarah that we read this week. This selection from Sefer Yechezkel (28; 25–29; 21)
A few weeks ago, at the end of November, I had the pleasure of attending the therapist track at the Agudah Convention. On Thursday and
In this week’s parsha, we encounter something unusual. While most of the 10 plagues are initiated by Moshe, his brother Aharon initiates the first three
We all know the phrase “kol demamah” from the Netaneh Tokef prayer. But what I only learned recently was that this phrase was borrowed from
Construct a Framework—Identify Strength to Strength As educators, we are “The Hills in Purple syllables/the Day’s Adventures tell/” described by Emily Dickinson, calmly and soothingly
Dear Rabbi Lawrence, My cousin is traditional but not frum, and when she had her first son she and her husband were eager to give
Shira Allen, 23, made aliyah at age 19, in 2017, right before Pesach of her gap year at Migdal Oz. In high school, when she
Stranded or need help with something? Call Chaverim. What kinds of help do they provide? Well, just about anything. Most of the calls are for
