By Rabbi Benny Berlin We find ourselves approaching Lag Ba’Omer, a day that commemorates the life and teachings of Rabbi...
Read MorePart I In Parashat Emor, the noun almanah (“widow”) appears twice: Once when stating that a Kohen Gadol is forbidden to marry an alamanh (Lev. 21:14), and once...
Read MoreRav Moshe Feinstein, zt’l, the beloved rosh yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was considered the posek ha-dor, the leading halachic authority...
Read MoreBen Azai used to say: "Do not despise any person, and do not dismiss any thing, for there is no...
Read MoreOne of your main concerns as a parent when your child gets braces is, “Is there parking at the orthodontist’s...
Read MoreAfter The Fire, The Fire Still Burns Last week marked the most symbolic time of the modern Jewish calendar. Yom HaZikaron and Yom...
Read MoreWe are blessed to live in a remarkable period of our history. Years ago, on a Thursday morning at the...
Read MoreVisitors to California frequently stay in my “back house,” which is a local term for a garage, which in my...
Read MoreBy Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein In the part of Leviticus that scholars call “The Holiness Code,” the Torah not only forbids a...
Read MoreRav Chaim of Volozhin was one of the important contributors to the development of Jewish thought and Torah study at...
Read MoreThere is a certain feeling of Divine Providence when the realization sets in that the subject matter that one is...
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