12 Apr AS WE APPROACH PESACH
With Pesach incredibly just days away, and as we begin once again to say farewell to pizza and pasta, we need to ask ourselves what spiritual lessons we want to...
05 Apr PESACH INSIGHTS: ENSURING THE LEGACY CONTINUES
At the Seder, we celebrate the anniversary of being chosen by Hashem to be his special people. Thus we eat an egg, which, amongst other things, symbolizes the birth of...
29 Mar GETTING READY FOR PESACH
Pesach preparations are complex and multi-faceted. Way before Pesach, many people personally go to the matzah bakery and physically assist in the baking of the matzos, fulfilling the Talmudic dictum,...
22 Mar THE SEDER AND TESHUVAH
Incredibly, spring is in the air and we’re getting ready for Pesach. Children are told not to carry around their cookies. The global Daf Yomi community, learning Masechtas Yevamos, is careful not to eat food over its open Gemoras,...
15 Mar RAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN ZT”L ON HIS 36TH YAHRTZEIT: A MODEL FOR ALL OF US, AS REMEMBERED BY A TALMUD
It is hard to believe that this Taanis Esther will already be the 35th yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva, H a G a o n , Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zt”l, Zy”a. There was a time that, when you said ‘Reb Moshe,’ everyone...
01 Mar A PURIM COMMITMENT
One of the major messages of Purim is the fostering of friendship through the lofty mitzvah of mishloach manos ish l’rei’eihu. The lesson is clear one. As we celebrate Jewish...
22 Feb I HAVE NO TIME
As I was walking home from shul on Friday night, I was thinking about the sermon I had just delivered exhorting my congregants to always be on guard from the...
15 Feb ESTHER’S STORY
The Gemora in Megillah teaches us that Esther requested, “Kavuni l’doros – Affix me for all generations,” please write my story for posterity. This is a very strange request. We...
08 Feb SUPER BOWL MUSINGS
Being that the Super Bowl is this Sunday, I would like to weigh-in with some thoughts. At the outset, I would like to make a very un-American confession: I really...
01 Feb REHABILITATING CRIMINALS THE JEWISH WAY
One wonders why Parshas Mishpotim, the source for many Jewish civil laws, starts out with the subject of slavery. After all, Hashem, who sees the future in its entirety, knew...