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Envy Of The Tzadikim

Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was known for his unique emphasis on the importance of one’s individual relationship to the Ribbono...

Is This Trip Necessary?

We are about to complete the reading of the Torah’s third book, Sefer Vayikra, also known as the Laws of the...

Yom Yerushalayim: From Ethiopia To Jerusalem

By Moshe Phillips “We’ve been dreaming of Jerusalem for many years. We’re the generation that fulfilled that dream. It shows...

Remembering Reb Yitzchok Mordechai Halevi (Itche) Fink: A Boro Park Legend Passes At 104 Zeidy at simcha Reb Yitzchok Mordechai...

To Save An Extraordinary Life, Help Keep Zelig At Home

Zelig Nirenberg  The meaning of chesed is rich, multifaceted, and encompasses everything from an attribute of Hashem to a call to action...

Climbing The Ladder

By Sivan Rahav Meir The accompanying illustration is a reflection of what we’re going through these days during the Counting...

A Plane With Strings Attached: When A Gift Is Not A Gimme

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Heads turned this week at the news that President Trump is planning to accept a $400...

Torah And Tefilla: A Two-Step Dance

By Yochanan Gordon Rebbe Nachman of Breslov taught that a Jew must turn their Torah into tefillah—not simply learn, but cry,...

Half A Pasuk In This World, Half A Pasuk In The Next

erBy Rabbi Benny Berlin We find ourselves approaching Lag B’Omer, a day that commemorates the life and teachings of Rabbi...

Building The Foundation Of Trust

“Our Father, our King! For the sake of our forefathers who trusted in You, and whom You taught statutes of...

Sanctity, Silence, And Suffering

I am departing Buenos Aires for the second time after spending a week consulting with the community regarding the ongoing...

To Save An Extraordinary Life, Help Keep Zelig At Home

Zelig Nirenberg  The meaning of chesed is rich, multifaceted, and encompasses everything from an attribute of Hashem to a call to action...

We Don’t Know Where Your Cat Is

We Don’t Know Where Your Cat Is We’re cat-sitting, apparently. It was my wife’s idea. My wife is nice that...

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim and Menny on the first of their two flights to Boise (left to right) Rabbi Benny Zippel of...

Megillat Ruth Mesorat HaRav—Wintman Family Edition 

With commentary on Megillat Ruth and the Torah Readings of Shavuot. Based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik,...

175 Staff Members From North America And Israel Attend The Orthodox Union’s Yachad Summer Program Directors’ Conference

As 120 campers and 100 staff members and their families at Camp Chaverim of Yachad in Swan Lake, New York,...

Half a Pasuk in This World, Half a Pasuk in the Next

By Rabbi Benny Berlin We find ourselves approaching Lag Ba’Omer, a day that commemorates the life and teachings of Rabbi...

A Window Into Widows

Part 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...