06 Nov How Did Sarah Leave this World?
Without a question, one of the greatest women in the history of the world was Sarah Imeinu. The posuk testifies that when she was one hundred years old, she was...
Without a question, one of the greatest women in the history of the world was Sarah Imeinu. The posuk testifies that when she was one hundred years old, she was...
Let me ask you my dear reader, What is the common denominator between the generation of the flood, the townspeople of the great metropolis of S’dom and Amorah, and the...
How would you define a tzadik or a tzadekess? Rav Kahaneman, the Ponevezher Rav, would ask this question often in his lectures. His answer was very concise. A Tzadik has...
We are informed that Hashem created the world for kindness, as it says “Olam chesed Yiboneh.” Avraham Avinu arrived at the conclusion when he meditated over the purpose of the...
In the Succos liturgy, we say “Bal tehei mitzvas succah kala b’einecha ki k’neged kol mitzvoseha das chukoseha shkula – Let not the mitzvah of succah be light in your...
As we make our final herculean effort for a seal of good life for the coming year, here are a few suggestions. They are based upon three principles. The first...
One of the ways we get ready for Rosh Hashanah is with the saying of selichos. Starting with the early 1 a.m. selichos last motzoei Shabbos and then the challenging...
Every morning in Elul, we hear the piercing sound of the shofar. It is a reminder to get cracking in preparation for the Day of Judgment. For many of us,...
Recently, on a Monday morning while I was davening, my mind drifted off to how I had a lot on my plate to do that morning. With a feeling of...