28 May Changing the Dynamic in the War Against the Yeitzer Hara
One of the major goals of life is to achieve many victories against the Yeitzer Hara, the Evil Inclination. The thinking Jew knows that one of his or her greatest...
Shabbos Times for Feb 07, 2025 | 9 Sh'vat, 5785 | Parshas Beshalach | Candle Lighting Time: 11:42 PM | Havdalah (72 min): 1:12 AM
21 May Some Sefira Lessons
As we engage in the seasonal mitzvah of counting the sefira, and observe the national period of mourning for the tragic deaths of the 24,000 disciples of Rabbi Akiva, we...
14 May The Mysterious Death of Rabbi Akiva’s Disciples (Part 2)
How is it possible for a mortal human being to cling to Hashem? The Rambam answers that by cleaving to talmidei chochomim, you are fulfilling this posuk. Why is that?...
07 May The Mysterious Death of Rabbi Akiva’s Disciples
Now that we are in the midst of the days of sefira, we are very much involved in practicing what it says is the Shulchan Aruch. One should not shave,...
30 Apr Using Our Heads in Shul
Here, on the eastern coast, spring finally seems to be here. It looks nearly certain that we won’t see snowplows until next year and, as the plants start to bloom...
16 Apr The Seder and Teshuva
Incredibly, spring is in the air and we getting ready for Pesach. Children are told not to carry around their cookies. The global Daf Yomi community, ironically learning Masechtas Pesachim, is...
09 Apr An Interesting Look At Mah Nishtana
When Rav Dovid Jungreis was young, he spent time in the home of the venerable Rav of Yerushalayim, Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt”l, zy”a. One day, Rav Leib Auerbach, Rosh...
03 Apr Connecting With Our Souls
As we get ready for Pesach – besides purging the house from chometz, buying the very expensive matzah, and all of the other accoutrements of this very special festival, there...
26 Mar Pesach Cleaning
The world over, Jews will soon be wrapped-up in the annual search for chometz. Most of us are also aware that this is not simply spring-cleaning. Rather, cleaning for Pesach...
19 Mar Rav Moshe Feinstein on His 33rd 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 30th yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon, Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zt”l, Zy”a. There was a time that,...