As we draw nearer to the conclusion of our sefira countdown, our thoughts are turning increasingly often to the culmination of these seven weeks of waiting, namely waiting for Shavuos. And, as we make our preparations for the...
One of the special features of the wonderful upcoming Yom Tov of Shavuos is the reading of Megilas Rus. While it is a fascinating and delightful story, its linkage to the celebration of Matan Torah, the giving of...
We are presently living through the days of sefira. For 33 days, we practice trappings of mourning by abstaining from weddings, listening to music, and refraining from cutting our hair. So, it is vitally important for us to...
Imagine, if one was to gather the ultimate anthology, he would go to Rav Sholom Mordechai HaKohen Shvadron, zt”l, zy”a, and ask him to sift through all his teachings and choose the most powerful one. Then, he would...
The centerpiece of Pesach is certainly the matzah and the villain of Pesach is the chometz. The difference between chometz and matzah is a mere moment. One of the great themes of Pesach is the value of a...
On the night of the Seder, something awesome occurs which happens only once a year. The Chid”a sites the Zohar that by the Seder Hashem himself comes to each Jewish home with His pamalya, his Holy retinue. The...
The wonderous Haggadah Otzros Pla’os HaTorah writes it was the minhag of the Minchas Elazar, following the opinion of the Darchei Chaim Vhasholom, that after eating the egg at the second Seder, they would sing Eishes Chayil. The...
The new Haggadah presented by ArtScroll this year from the Chachmei Lublin (a must read!), reveals that Rav Meir Shapiro, zt”l, zy”a, chose, in gold letters, that the front gates of his magnificent Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin quoted the verse,...
My veteran readers will remember that sometimes I imagine a simulated, fictional interview with the Yeitzer Hara to give us an inner look into the machinations of the one whose mission it is to cause us to sin....
My veteran readers will remember that sometimes I imagine a simulated, fictional interview with the Yeitzer Hara to give us an inner look into the machinations of the one whose mission it is to cause us to sin....