Silent Prayers

On fast days and in selichos we mention a line in tefillah as follows: May the one who answered Avraham Avinu on Har Hamoriah, answer us as well.

When Disaster Hits

It sounds quite nice, but I wonder whether Abraham had it easier than do we. He had a warning and a reason as well from the only reliable spiritual authority. God appeared to Abraham and told him that a storm was coming to Sodom because of her evil. As far as I know, God did not appear to anyone to warn that the East Coast would be punished for her 'evil'

Choosing Human Hospitality

Learning to honor G-d by honoring those made in His image: Humankind.

Mama Rachel

Rachel, our loving mother, still lays buried near Bethlehem. Though she was buried along the road, today her grave is included in the city proper, yet it is still far from the grave of her husband Yaakov Avinu.

Are We Allowed To Celebrate Non-Jewish Holidays?

In addition to analyzing the origins of a secular holiday, it is equally important to address the nature of its festivities.

Prophecy, Certainty, and True Religious Struggle

As Avraham and Yitzchak went to the ‘Akedah, we admire their fortitude, not their faith, their having found the will to carry through on an enormously difficult task. Humans want to live; we all the more so want our children to live, especially a child who is the long-awaited answer to prayers, the one Hashem had promised would continue this parent’s ethical and religious revolution.

Worms And Newsies

Sometimes we think we have more power than we actually do. Sometimes we think we have more knowledge than we actually do.

All The Way To The Top

If we want to achieve personal greatness, we have to hold onto our goals and dreams.

Rav Ovadia Yosef, zt”l

A memorial to Rav Ovadia Yosef (ZT"l) in his daughters' recollections

What Non-Jews See In Jews

We don’t realize how often non-Jews sense something unique about us.

Daf Yomi

Hashem’s Holy Name ‘A Gentile May Bring Either Votive Or Freewill Offerings…’ (Menachos 73b)

Elder Aliyah to Israel, Like Abraham and Sarah

Rather than just encourage aliyah for the young, Israel and professional Zionists in the exile, must make a concerted effort to encourage aliyah for the elderly. It will be the renewal of their lives, and that will be good for them, and for the Jewish people.

Belated Yom Kippur Reflections

Rav Kviat asks what is meant by “sisu v’simchu b’Simchas Torah – rejoice and be joyous on Simchas Torah.” Why “sisu” and “simchu”?

Moving Out, Moving On

An outsider might expect that we would have moved out long ago, but we had put down roots there. We were educating our children there and it was where we intended to remain.

Path To Greatness

How can we even expect that our actions will reach those of our great ancestors?

When Witnesses Have A Vested Interest

"Still, at the time of the loan and the subsequent meeting, both were associated with the institution," objected Mr. Gold.

Aleph Beta: Lech Lecha: Was Abraham The First Wandering Jew?

God just promised Abraham the land. Why is it that, though God keeps reassuring that this land is his, he refuses to settle down?

Four Dimensions Of The Journey

Abraham gave birth to a new nation whose greatness consisted precisely in the ability to live by that voice and create something new in the history of mankind. “Go for yourself ” – believe in what you can become.

Generations

When a child is born and we give them a name, we really have no idea how this child will develop and in which way this little neshama will grow.

Like Dominoes: Four Out Of Four (Part III)

“I liked Israel, and felt good being Jewish for the first time in my life.”

People Are More Important

A society in which nobody cares about a person who falls down and dies, but mourns a stone that falls, is a society that has a problem; it cares more about physical progress than human life.

Are We Really Blameless?

Instead of belonging to the "Ayeka" club – deflecting blame – why not join the "Hineni" group? Instead of blaming our surrounding, why not ask ourselves what part we played in creating the existing situation? Instead of expecting change from someone else, why not offer something different?

Q & A: To Wait Or Not Wait?

Question: After the shliach tzibbur says “Barchu,” should he then say “Baruch Hashem Hamevorach…” in unison with the congregation or wait for the congregation to say it and then repeat it? Zelig Aronson

Unlikely Messenger, Unexpected Message

Hopefully this story will also strengthen our motivation to try to be mikarev a fellow Jew – even if it seems on the outside like it's a lost cause and there's no use in even trying.

Daf Yomi

Shortchanged? ‘You Shall Count 50 Days’ (Menachos 65b)

‘I Should Be Reimbursed!’

"We never promised you a position," replied Mr. Hauser. "Also, you gained knowledge from the course."

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