May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h.  This week we learned Bava Batra

With this week’s haftarah, we introduce a new function for the weekly prophetic selection. Until this point, the purpose of the haftarah was to strike

This week, the Staum family made its annual pilgrimage to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to our summer home at Camp Dora Golding. When making the announcements

On each and every day, Sephardic Jews recite a beautiful prayer: “כֵּן יִכְבְּשׁוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ אֶת כַּעֲסֶךָ. וְיִגּולוּ ,רַחֲמֶיךָ עַל מִדּותֶיךָ. וְתִתְנַהֵג עִמָּנוּ ה’ בְּמִדַּת הַחֶסֶד

While learning Parshas Pinchas, I noted the incredible actions of Pinchas in executing Kozbi and Zimri, which saved the Jewish people from a continuing plague.

“Abba, we have a big problem!” my son told me anxiously a few weeks back. What now? I thought. “There is a dead squirrel in

These words appear many times in the Torah. Since they often appear in the same sentence, it is appropriate to address them together. As to

Part IV (continued from last week) Suddenly, I heard the sound of vehicles getting louder and louder. Three tanks were approaching at great speed. Fanya,

Beit Shemesh, Israel—In preparation for summer vacation, the ninth graders at AMIT Bellows Ulpanat Noga, Beit Shemesh organized a local summer festival, from which all

With college acceptance letters in hand and the whiff of graduation in the air, it can be difficult for 12th graders to find meaning at

For Reeni (Friedbauer) and Dr. Daniel Pollack, “all roads have led to Israel.” Both grew up in homes imbued with a deep love for Israel.

Education is paramount in religious Judaism, and adults are perpetually searching for better ways to interest the younger generation in learning Torah and halacha. Sometimes,