All successful businesses start with a great idea. But not all great ideas turn into successful businesses: 50 percent of businesses fail during their first
It’s not just proper protocol and good manners, but it’s actually an ancient custom mentioned in the Gemara. When someone invites you to their home,
Since the time of the Rishonim, the location of the halachic dateline has been a topic of discussion among halachic authorities. The debate intensified in
I came across an interesting article recently. The article is by a scholar named Elaine Goodfriend, and it discusses the division of the Torah into
May these words of Torah be a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Menachot 70. These
My friend Moshe was driving on a busy street one day when suddenly the car in front of him came to a sudden stop. Moshe
Avraham is Divinely instructed to heed Sarah’s stern warnings about Yishmael’s dangerous influence upon Yitzchak. Though he is wary of dispatching his older son Yishmael,
Parshat Vayeira The two stories about the navi Elisha that make up this week’s haftarah closely parallel the events found in our parsha. Clearly, the
The Mishnah in Tractate Megillah lists a number of passages in Tanach that should and should not be translated during the public Torah reading. The
As educators, at home or in schools, we consider how to “be mechanech” (educate) our children by looking toward the “mechanech” par excellence, Avraham Avinu,
(Courtesy of Hidden Sparks) We all know that uncomfortable feeling when we have to have one of those difficult conversations with our children or our
Usually we think of games as ways to spend time with one or two others happily. Unfortunately, it seems to us that the act of
