We know that every word of the Torah contains infinite wisdom. Indeed, one could dedicate many lifetimes to even just one word of the Torah. While this is true of every word, probably the Torah’s most studied word...
We all know that the Sukkah covering, called schach, commemorates the “Ananei HaKavod,” the Clouds of Glory that sheltered and protected our ancestors during the forty miraculous years we spent wandering in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt....
One of the most urgent segments of our Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur liturgy is the proclamation we say with great feeling, “Us’shuvah us’filah u’tzedakah ma- avirin es ro-ah hagizeirah – And Repentance, and Prayer, and Charity remove a...
Rosh HaShanah is upon us. Our fate and the fate of our loved ones is being written up by Hashem to be sealed on the upcoming Yom Kippur. The smart petitioner knows that the best way to...
As we get closer and closer to Rosh HaShanah, the day that our fate and the fates of our loved ones are decided, I would like to share with my dear readers some vital, lifesaving strategies. The Orchos...
Every morning in Elul, the call of the shofar reminds us to use this special time wisely and fully. The Yeitzer Hara adroitly keeps us distracted with the still lazy days of summer coupled with the hectic, frenetic...
As precious days of Elul are already slipping away, we really want to utilize this special time in the best way that we can. I would like to offer my dear readers a great suggestion of a worthwhile...
In the second parsha of Krias Shema, we say at least twice daily, “V’haya im shamo’a tishma’u el mitzvosai – And it will be if you (plural) listen to My mitzvos.” This section continues in lashon rabim, in...
The great Rav Shlomo Efraim ben Aharon Luntschitz, zt”l, zy”a, was the author of the famous commentary called Kli Yakar which graces almost every edition of the Mikra’os Gedolos Chumash. In 1602, he became the Chief Rabbi of Prague...
Shabbos Nachamu is even more special for me than most people as it’s my Bar Mitzvah parsha. I remember how 55 years ago my parents hosted a magnificent kiddush in Saltzman’s bungalow colony even though two weeks later...