‘Forget About It!’
Yanky was going through difficult times. "My company merged over a year ago and I got laid off," he poured his heart out to Moish, a neighbor. "I've been trying everywhere to get a job, but nothing's available."
Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah Boy And The Four Parshiyot (Part I)
Question: Is a bar mitzvah boy allowed to read the four parshiyot in shul on behalf of the congregation?
Elimelech Feldman
The Tale Of Two Young Survivors
Those of us who are children of survivors will undoubtedly relate to at least one or two of the lines above, if not all of them!
Trump At The Western Wall
When the nations of the world will see Hashem saving his children, His nation, they will see that there is a Borei Olam who runs the world.
Habits and Habit Stacking
Habits are so powerful that unless you actively work on fighting it, your brain stops fully participating in decision-making and focuses on other tasks.
Shevi’s Journey – Chapter XIII
"Yeah. That's… that's why I know it hurts. He pretends it doesn't, he ignores it and all, but… I know it hurts."
My Mother, My Role Model: Reflections on the Shloshim of Grace Schwarzberg
May the life of Grace Schwarzberg – Gittel Brana bat Naftali HaKohen – be an inspiration to all and may her neshama have an aliya
Yearning For Torah
The question bothered him very much and he decided to go to the town square where all the poor were gathered and ask them.
Hazzan Joseph Jesurun Pinto: Colonial Spiritual Leader
To celebrate this victory Hazzan Pinto wrote a special prayer that was read in Shearith Israel in October 1760.
Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah Boy And The Four Parshiyot (Part II)
Question: Is a bar mitzvah boy allowed to read the four parshiyot in shul on behalf of the congregation?
Elimelech Feldman
Growth Through Shabbos
The commentators agree that Hashem is the beloved and Shabbos is the bride. But why is Shabbos called a bride? Who is she marrying? And what do we mean when we invite Hashem to greet the Shabbos bride with us?
The Grass Is Greener: Litigating in Non-Jewish Courts
What happens if a Diaspora Jew refuses to appear before a Jewish court of law or refuses to honor its judgment?
Learning From The Animals
Most animals are born once. But birds are born twice. First, the egg is laid by the mother. But where is the baby? Still inside the egg.
Felix Bonfils’s Photographs Of Eretz Yisrael
Bonfils deliberately selected his subjects in order to preserve a vast range of information for geographical, ethnographic, biblical, archeological, architectural, and historical studies.
Shabbos Mevorchim Nissan
The comfort and chizuk these wives offered their husbands, uplifting their morale, did not escape our all-seeing Father in heaven.
What Rabbi Benny Elon Did For Jerusalem
Recollections and reminiscences of Rav Benny Elon, (ZT"l)
Prayers From The Depths
Despite being excited about seeing the beautiful twinkling lights of a mostly sleeping city, I was exhausted and kept yawning.
Sotheby’s Auctions Three “Long-Forgotten” Chagall Paintings
It’s hard to imagine an authentic Chagall painting or drawing that isn’t important, particularly to people who care about Jewish art.
Israeli Checkpoint Prevents Another Massacre
I, prefer inconvenienced Palestinians to dead Jews any day of the week. The would-be murderer tried to get through the checkpoint byt the metal detector detected that he was carrying two pipe bombs.