An anecdote: Professor Eli Weisel, zy’a, was once “speaking in learning” with one of his teachers, the brilliant professor, Rabbi Saul...
Read MoreOur last piece studied Shimon HaTzaddik’s listing of avodah as one of the world’s three pillars. Though Shimon HaTzaddik’s mention of avodah refers to korbanot and tefillah,...
Read MoreWritten in the aftermath of October 7th, this piece, like so many others by Rabbi Hauer zt’l, provides hope and...
Read MoreThe Hebrew word rechush (“property”) and its variants appear seven times in parashat Lech Lecha, making it the parashah with the highest concentration of such instances. It...
Read MoreSeveral days have gone by since the return of the last living hostages from Gaza, and the relief and elation...
Read MoreRebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman I keep hearing Rabbi Hauer’s, zt’l voice. Not in sound, but in thought—the pauses between words, the care...
Read MoreComing off a joyous Simchas Torah, the excitement of the yom tov heightened with gratitude for the return of the twenty living...
Read MorearaThe world was engulfed by a torrential flood. Humanity vanished beneath the waves and the world was reshaped. Never before...
Read More[Editor: Rabbi Hauer, zt’l, passed away during yom tov. The following article was written two years ago in the aftermath...
Read MoreGal and his sons Ilai and Eden at Sushi and Scotch in the Sukkah It’s early Sunday morning, two hours...
Read MoreHostages released. The dead returned to kevurah Yisrael. Tehillim discontinued? After two years of dread, horror, hope, and prayer, we have witnessed the...
Read MoreReb Shlomo Lorincz was known to Klal Yisrael as a brilliant shtadlan, a respected member of the Knesset for more than thirty years, and...
Read MoreWe have seen that, in Avot’s second Mishnah, Shimon HaTzaddik presents the world’s three pillars, starting with the pillar of Torah...
Read MoreWe can learn some of life’s most valuable lessons from mistakes that others make. Take Noah. The Torah calls him...
Read MoreIn 1903, mankind took to the skies for the first time in a powered flight, lifting itself twelve seconds into...
Read MoreRabbi Moshe ibn Chaviv and his remarkable work, “Sheimos B’Aretz Rabbi Moshe ibn Chaviv was born to greatness. He was born in...
Read MoreSimchat Torah, which we have just finished observing, celebrates the role of Torah in the history of Am Yisrael. This chag is not...
Read MoreWe finally made it. It is over. Solemn Days. Days of Faith. Celebratory Days. We have made it through Elul, Rosh...
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