The painting “Four Soldiers” by the artist Chava Roth has been on the front page of the 5TJT issue prior to Rosh...
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Read More“G-d created His world with a scribe, a book, and a story.”—Sefer Yetzirah After many years of teaching Torah, Rebbe...
Read MoreYou may not know his name, but you almost certainly know his melody. Tanchum Portnoy, who composed the beloved melody...
Read MoreThere are moments during the Yamim Noraim when an entire shul seems to remember, all at once, that it has a voice....
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Read MoreAs Yom Kippur approaches, preparing for the fast is about more than planning the seudas hamafsekes. Proper hydration in the days and...
Read MoreRabbi Kalman Topp and his wife, Jordana, recently announced that they are making aliyah to Israel. For the past 17 years, Rabbi...
Read MoreWidely regarded as the Posek haDor, HaGaon Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, zt’l, was one of the great leaders of the last century, a...
Read MoreAll parents pretty much want the same thing. We want our children to be happy and feel confident enough to...
Read MoreA homeowner called me last week asking me to come and view his house since he was ready to sell...
Read MoreI used to think teshuvah was about punishment. Not intellectually, I knew better than that. But somewhere underneath the knowing, in the...
Read MoreQuestion I was invited for a Shabbos meal by the parents of a boy I’m dating very seriously. I always...
Read MoreYom Kippur is a transformative day. It’s the one day a year when we are granted the opportunity to attain...
Read More“What are you serving for the break-fast?” is a common thing I hear this time of year. I have long...
Read MoreOur city turned a parking lane into a bus lane exactly during the time that our early morning Shacharisends. And if...
Read MoreYom Kippur is a personal and solitary experience. We descend into the chambers of our personality and search for what...
Read MoreTwenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, I woke up for what was supposed to be an important day in...
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