My Dear Students, Colleagues and Friends, These tumultuous days have revealed much about our community and values. We stand together in support of one another
It is amazing how our lives have changed so quickly. This past week, we experienced our first Shabbat without shul, our children didn’t have any
A combination of a recent Daf Yomi, this past week’s sedra, and the just-completed World Zionist Congress vote and brouhaha should teach us lessons while
An Issue Raised in 1990 and 2020 Many halachic issues have been raised during the current crisis. In one highly sensitive situation that faced our
Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei Shabbat HaChodesh This Shabbat, we read from two sifrei Torah: in the first Torah we read the parsha itself, and in the second
The root H-L-L in Hebrew has three different meanings. We all know the meaning “to praise.” There is another meaning “to shine.” This meaning only
Reviewing: “Prepare My Prayer—Recipes to Awaken the Soul,” by Rabbi Dov Singer. Maggid Books. 2020. English. Hardcover. 292 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645374. I will never forget the
Reviewing: “The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations,” by Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz, photography by Shira Hecht-Koller. Gefen Publishing; Hardcover, 2019. It was only last year
Reviewing: “You’re the Cheese in my Blintz,” by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki. Kar-Ben Publishing. 12 pages. 2020. ISBN- 978-1-5415-3467-4. Reviewing: “Mirian at the
Reviewing: “Torah Beloved: Reflections on the Love of Torah and the Celebration of the Holiday of Matan Torah,” by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm. Gibber Family
Reviewing: “The Oral Law: The Rabbinic Contribution to Torah SheBe’al Peh,” by Chaim Schimmel. Maggid Books. 2019. English. Hardcover. 206 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592645343. Our daily
Collaborative divorce, by definition, sounds like a contradiction. Yet, the collaborative divorce process is the answer to many divorcing couple’s attempt to work out their
