Each year, our shul coordinates a men’s Mevakshim trip to New York to meet diverse Roshei Yeshiva, Rabbanim, and community leaders—to listen, learn, challenge, and grow. Before each interaction, I ask for permission to record the conversation. Some say...
As the school year begins, we are once again reminded of the importance of educating our children in the proper way. Education is not only about sending them to the right yeshivot and pointing them toward the right...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Thank you for your column, we read it weekly and enjoy discussing it on Shabbos. What should I tell my daughter? Baruch Hashem, my daughter, has been thought...
The beracha of shehechiyanu applies to many different areas such as Yom Tov, purchasing new items, performing mitzvahs and eating new fruits. This issue will focus on the beracha of shehechiyanu as it applies to new fruits and other daily applications. The...
Incredibly, we are already in the thick of Elul. We know it is very serious, for we are taught in Yiddishkeit, “Hakol holeich achar ha’chasom – Everything goes after the finale.” Since Elul is the last month of...
The sefarim discuss the great fear that Yidden experience in Elul. The Beis Aharon (p.130:) writes, “The main thing is that everyone should draw fear onto himself during these days...
May one buy cut fruit from a store that does not have a Hechsher? No! We get this question all the time. People are invited all the time to meetings in non-kosher places...
Toward the beginning of Parashat Shoftim, the Torah famously commands, “Sedek Sedek Tirdof” – “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (16:20). The plain meaning of this verse is that the Torah commands judges to reach their decisions honestly and fairly,...
Sometimes, you hear a story that touches your heart, uplifts your spirit and stays with you for years. Rabbi Yakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, shared one such story with my mother a”h,...
First Anecdote: A man goes out with a woman on their first date. For the first three hours, he talks only about himself, his history, accomplishments and interests. Finally, he turns to her and says: “Enough of me...