There may be an abuser in your shul. I’m sorry; I’m not saying this to spread rumors or fear-monger. I...
Read MoreDr. Andy David, former Israeli Consul to the Pacific NW, shaking lulav in the sukkah in 2016 September Mensch Club in Bozeman This morning...
Read MoreImagine for a moment that your heart stops beating. With no pulse, no breath, suddenly you’re no longer in control...
Read MoreMy friend, Chani Lifshitz, who served for 25 years as the Chabad emissary to Kathmandu, once remarked, “By now, everyone...
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Gabe Bauman wrote a song that went viral about G-d knowing each of our names and feeling each of...
Read MoreThe walls had a real wood look that is so coveted by today’s designers. The walls were thick, and only...
Read MoreHe wanted to speak at a great yeshiva with over 2,000 students. Just hours before, he had spoken at the...
Read MoreThree young men from the neighborhood decide to buy a bowling alley—no, that’s not the start of some joke. It’s...
Read MoreI often wish I had a crystal ball for my patients going through the fertility process. The waiting, the unknown,...
Read MoreQuestion I was raised in a Chassidishe-style home. My father does not wear a shtreimel on Shabbos, but he wears an upbent...
Read MoreSukkot is the yom tov most closely associated with achdut. Its two central mitzvot, the sukkah and the arba minim, present two different models of how people...
Read MoreBirth is an extraordinary paradox. A woman is profoundly active, and at the same time, profoundly surrendered. As the mother...
Read MoreI remember years ago putting up a sukkah before Sukkot and being so proud that we finished it and had everything ready...
Read MoreAlthough the mitzvah of simcha applies to all the yamim tovim, only Sukkot is specifically designated as “zman simchateinu—the time of our joy.” Of the...
Read MoreAs the holy Baal Shem Tov sat in his sukkah, a great tumult raged outside. In the early days of the...
Read MoreOut West we have traditionally used palm fronds for schach. In fact, I never saw those bamboo poles that are popular...
Read MoreIn Parashat Pinchas (Bamidbar 28–29) we find a complete list of all the korbanot musaf which we offered in addition to the daily tamid offering in the Beit HaMikdash. If you...
Read MoreRabbis, Jewish and community leaders, friends, OU board and staff members, and family gathered on Tuesday, September 15 in New...
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