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How To Be More Than The Average Joe

Hashem created every one of the world’s eight billion people with a yearning for meaning. Although we all know that...

Coincidence Or Happenstance?

Part I In a Biblical passage that the Talmud (Megillah 31b) ordains ought to be read immediately before the holiday of...

One Bite Of A Mitzvah: What Dave Portnoy Got Wrong

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Dave Portnoy is a successful businessman with a large online following. He sold the company he...

What Legacy Will We Leave Behind?

By Atara Solow Fifty-eight years ago, on a day etched into the soul of our people—Yom Yerushalayim—the world watched as...

What Should We Call This Era?

By Sivan Rahav Meir It seems to be the dawning of a new Jewish era, and I’m trying to find...

Praying for Peace?

“And I will grant peace”: You might say [upon receiving bounty], “here is food and here is drink, but if...

Nishmat Celebrates 35 Years, Salutes Rabbanit Chana Henkin In “A Night For Nishmat,” June 18

By Yoetzet Halacha Lisa Septimus I had great rabbis as teachers growing up, but almost no female Torah educators. I...

Bechukosai: And Still, We Walk Tall

On the brink of entering Eretz Yisrael, after Hashem gave us most of His mitzvot, we entered into a sacred covenant with...

Ai Ai Ai!

Is AI a useful tool? Is it something we should be worried about? Will it replace us? These are all...

A Window Into Widows

Part II In last week’s essay, we started to discuss the etymology of the Biblical Hebrew word almanah(“widow”). In the essay...

Yom Yerushalayim: Our Gratitude and Prayers

We celebrate Yom Yerushalayim this year during a tumultuous time, marked by a heightened sense of vulnerability and fragility. Alongside...

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...