One should try to maximize the time one spends in Israel. By visiting Israel, one might partially fulfill the mitzvah of yishuv Eretz Yisrael. In
As Pesach approaches, our minds and hearts are flooded with a range of conflicting emotions. October 7 was the darkest day in modern Jewish history.
A mother finished reading her son his favorite bedtime story for the third time one night. After the final reading, the little boy climbed out
The dynamic and fiery first chaplain and chief rabbi of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces, Rav Shlomo Goren, almost single-handedly built up the religious infrastructure
I can’t forget Chol Hamoed Pesach years ago when I was dating my wife. I had planned a nice day outdoors, but it was raining
Klal Yisrael is being attacked and challenged from all sides. Some threaten us physically, others attack our moral standing, yet others try to block us
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchick told the story of a Seder he remembered from his early childhood. Yosef Dov—who would later become the great Rav Soloveitchick—was
Last Seder night, I sat around my table with my wife, Lucy, and our five children and my parents, and we sang a song from
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I have heard that the mitzvah of eating matzah was supposed to be to eat
Given the current difficult circumstances that Medinat Yisrael and Am Yisrael face, it’s helpful to see how the Haggadah we use at our seders can
Though the Seder night focuses on Yetziat Mitzrayim, we also mention antisemitic episodes that preceded and followed the events in Egypt. The very first Jews
In the middle of the Maggid section we arrive at the seemingly tangential story of Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaria and the discussion about the midrashic
