Part 53 (Continued from previous week) Epilogue (to the first edition of “My Stories”) My problem with writing an epilogue is that I don’t know
Rami Knapp, age 12 of Teaneck and a seventh grade student at RYNJ, is combining his passion for trivia, Torah and games to develop a
People often think about eating latkes—too often, for some people—but not a lot of people think about how much sweat and tears go into making
A Torah scroll can be difficult to read unless you know the nikudot, i.e., the little dots and lines that determine how each word should
It’s 7 p.m. on a Sunday. Nineteen college students, male and female, gather around a table of chanukiot. A little girl jumps up and down
Chanukah had become about presents and stuff for our family, and I knew it could be more. Obviously kids expect and get excited for the
Was the First Day Miraculous? The Beit Yosef asks: Why is Chanukah celebrated for eight days and not seven? There was enough oil to last
(Courtesy of Kollel Chatzos) “Bren, lichtele, bren…” As we sing at our precious Chanukah licht, we implore that the candle burns and burns and burns…
Chanukah is remarkable in a number of ways. Jewish holidays are typically marked by physical actions one is required to do and prohibitions—some combination of
As you shop for all the friends and family on your list this year, there’s an important recipient to consider: your pet. Before sniffing around
Karen Rostoker-Gruber’s “Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match” is available nationwide at Barnes and Noble this holiday season for fun reading with the whole family. In 2016,
Chanukah, of course, is the celebration of the Jewish people coming from the darkness into the light. And since I work in the lighting business,
