Last year I merited the following chiddush: The word Elul is a conjunction of the letter aleph, which is a reference to Alufo Shel Olam, Master of...
Read MoreCan you imagine yeshiva classes beginning in mid-August back when you were in school? I remember once receiving a notice...
Read MoreAfter 44 years, Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz was finally laid to rest on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives after being...
Read MoreThe internet, magazines, and podcasts are filled with advice about happiness. There are top-ten lists, life hacks, experiences to pursue,...
Read MoreIn the 1980’s people became infected with what I call the “Ying and Yang” fetish. Everything was translated into Black...
Read MoreThe last days of summer are coming, even though we all hope they will stretch on just a little while...
Read MoreIn a recent poll by the Baltimore Jewish Times, people were asked: “Do you feel unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public?”...
Read MoreIt’s no secret that managing expenses is a real challenge for a lot of families in our community. Even relatively...
Read MoreWhen most people think of estate planning, they focus on documents that take effect after death, Wills and Trusts. However,...
Read MoreAt Kehillat Aish Kodesh in Woodmere this past Shabbat, the Morah d’Asra, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, shlita, gave a powerful exhortation about the need...
Read MoreRabbi Chaim Bruk’s mom, Chanchy, in her late teens Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Rav Kook worked together for the furtherance ofYiddishkeit in...
Read MoreOnce I saw my friend Shaya looking around. I asked him what he was looking for and he said his...
Read MoreLast week, while I was sitting in a kosher restaurant in Boston before moving my daughter into college, a woman...
Read MoreA Social Acceptability Guide to Yom Kippur Reading Material Before proceeding, a note of attribution: This article was inspired by...
Read MoreLast week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) welcomed Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling to New York’s 17th Congressional District for meetings...
Read MoreIn our daily morning prayers, most of us close off the Korbanos section by reciting the lesson of Rabbi Yishmael which enumerates...
Read MoreRabbi Yaakov Mutzafi zy”a was one of the last spiritual leaders of the ancient Iraqi Jewish community. Upon arriving in Eretz Yisrael,...
Read MoreRabbi Yehoshua says: The evil eye, the evil inclination, and hatred of one’s fellow creatures drive a person out of...
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