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Torah May 11, 2026
How Yom Yerushalayim Prepares Us For Shavuot
Hashem orchestrated the liberation of Yerushalayim so that Yom Yerushalayim would fall on the 28th of Iyar, precisely one week before Shavuot. Similarly, Yom HaAtzmaut aligns...
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Torah May 6, 2026
The Megaleh Amukot: The Life and Works of Rabbi Nosson Nota Shapiro of Cracow
Rabbi Nosson Nota (ben Shlomo) Shapiro was born in 1585 into one of the most prominent rabbinic families in Europe....
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Torah May 6, 2026
Behar-Bechukosai: Komemiyus!
A revolutionary educator and builder of Torah, the famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt’l, reoriented the focus of avodas...
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Torah May 6, 2026
Are You Trying To Inspire… But Pushing People Away?
A man once tried to convince his friend to start exercising. Every time they met, he’d shake his head: “You...
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Torah May 4, 2026
Our Eternal Ancestral Heritage, Our Home
This week’s Torah portions (parshiot), the third and final “double parshiot,” of Sefer Vayikra is Behar-Bechukotai. Being in the Land of Israel, I’d like...
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Torah May 4, 2026
Reb Leib’s Shabbat HaGadol Sermon
By Nissan Gordon Suddenly, in the middle of his speech, he broke off. After a short pause of a few...
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Torah May 4, 2026
Bechukosai: Exile, Comfort, And Its Impact On Religion
Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk was a leading rabbinic figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served...
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Torah May 4, 2026
What We Gain From Pain
Ben Hei Hei said: According to the effort, is the reward (Avot 5:23) At the end of Avot’s fifth chapter (5:23), Ben Hei...
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Torah May 4, 2026
Toiling In Torah
My father, Dr. Baruch Young, z’l, worked with a heart of gold when he cared for his patients. He always wanted...
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Torah May 4, 2026
Not Who We Are
Last week’s brutal murders, of Yamanu Binyamin Zelka in a Petach Tikva pizzeria and Destao Tzukal in Beersheva, both young...
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Torah May 4, 2026
What Rabbi Shimon Learned in the Thirteenth Year
By Rabbi Benny Berlin Everyone knows the story of the cave. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai fled the Roman authorities and...
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Torah April 29, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
There are moments in life that create unforgettable memories while invoking a deep sense of gratitude. Last week was one...
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Torah April 28, 2026
Our Life in Perspective
“Rebbi says: Consider three things, and you will not come into the grip of sin: Know what is above you—a...
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Uncategorized Torah April 28, 2026
Emor: Helping Each Other Shine
Rav Yehuda Amital, zt’l, was a unique talmid chacham, visionary, and builder of Torah. After his family was killed in Auschwitz, Rav...
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Torah April 28, 2026
Honoring A Legacy At OU Kosher’s 32nd Annual Kashrus Conference
For many kashrus agency professionals, the annual OU Kashrus Conference is more than a collegial gathering; it is a rare opportunity to...
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Torah April 28, 2026
Entering The Fourth Room Of Jewish History
Sometimes heated ideological debates become battles over language. We get drawn into arguments about terminology and gradually lose sight of...
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Torah April 28, 2026
The Mitzvah To Stay Pure
By R’ Mordechai Young Once Rashi was walking and a lady in an unusual white outfit went by him riding...
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Torah April 22, 2026
A World Without The Rebbe
A close friend and long-time mispallel of the shtiebel in Cedarhurst recently asked me how I would describe the irreplaceable loss of our beloved...
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