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Our wonderful founding bochurim were now by and large married with children of their own. So it was a magnificent ever-expanding yeshiva family that now populated the alumni gatherings.

Good things come in "3s"

The groom does not join a new family, but rather branches off from his own family, creating a new subdivision of it.

Hashem created things for enjoyment to show that He loves us.

I prayed daily and begged the Almighty to have mercy on me.... I tried telling myself this too is for the best, and that it was all from Hashem and therefore it was good.

They rushed her downstairs to be X-rayed and were stunned to discover that their patient no longer had pneumonia; her lungs were clear. They could not explain or understand her sudden recovery.

I do not know the name of this chaplain. I wonder (and strongly doubt) that he ever heard the radio program. But his wise and sensitive comment had had a ripple effect that he never could have imagined.

He went with a measuring tape and a good friend, who always agrees to lug furniture home for me, and brought it home.

I believe that some of the greatest positive changes in our lives come when, having undertaken a challenge, we cross our own Red Sea and know that there is no way back. There is only a way forward.

Rabbi Pappenheim traces the etymology of “baz” and “bizah” to the biliteral root bet-zayin, which refers to something unimportant.

The fun memories are nice and have a sweet taste of my childhood and my great love for my Zaidy.

He argues that "malkut" only denotes physical hitting while "makkot" denotes any sort of painful ordeal.

We were surrounded by honking cars and looks that could kill. I was guilty of gridlocking! I was the inconsiderate idiot, insanely selfish and stupid.

This school opens up new safety concerns for residents, as well as spiritual concerns.

The story of the plagues is a story of our daily lives. We are not prophets like Moshe and Aaron, and yet Hashem talks to us all daily.

The most fundamental aspects of Torah are expressed in the most deceptively simple manner. Our job is to delve into these hidden aspects and reveal the inner depth behind them. There is probably no single object in the Torah which is more overlooked than Moshe's staff-yet how often do we ponder its paramount significance?

A number of commentators explain that “chefetz” is a strong, physical type of desire while “ratzon” is a more subtle desire to do the right thing.

She would give them Chanukah gelt and donuts, maybe even latkes, and would try to make the festival as happy as possible. But it wouldn’t be the same without Abba.

Issues of the heart

Hashem wanted us to “seize the moment” and remember how we felt when we left slavery, in order to enable us to set our slaves free later on.

Hakarat Hatov – which means gratitude, is one of the biggest actions we can take to please Hashem.

There was one man in a wheelchair, and some of the assembled were uneasy about leaving him behind. If they would begin pushing the chair, they would surely not make it to shelter quickly enough.

The Land of Israel is often called the desired land: “eretz chefetz” (Malachi 3:12), “eretz chemdah” (Jeremiah 3:19, Zecharia 7:14, Psalms 106:24), and “eretz ha’tzvi” (Daniel 11:16, 11:41).

If a person would sense that he is a noble dignified person, it would help him avoid falling prey to the yetzer hara.

When G-d said, “I will be what I will be,” He was telling us something not only about G-d but about us when we are open to G-d and have faith in His faith in us.

What happens when that devil is standing and waiting for you as you failed or messed up at something?

The Rambam says something absolutely shocking. He claims that everyone is capable of becoming a tzaddik like Moshe Rabbeinu. How is this possible? Not all of us are able to become leaders, let alone become the greatest leader in human history. So what does the Rambam mean?

If we are dealing with the end of days and the knowledge of Hashem is abundantly clear to all, how could each nation think of deceiving Hashem?

We were heartbroken. Beyond the cost, who could deny the holiness and sentimentality of a boy’s tefillin?

How do we know that Yeshurun is Yaakov? One place where the equivalence is clear is a passage recited before the morning prayers.