What have you missed the most during this terrible time of quarantine and self-isolation? There is a remarkable story that took place toward the end of World War II. An American...
All beginning students of Torah face this obstacle: in their original, the primary texts of our Jewish tradition have no punctuation. There are neither commas nor periods in the Torah...
“ Mosquito tone” is a 17 KHz sine wave that teenagers use on their cell phone to alert them when they’ve got a text message so the teachers can’t hear...
To my dear, precious, and sacred Shul: For the last ten weeks I have missed you so. I have longed to be together with our shared friends, united in prayer in...
I don’t usually refer to secular quotes but there is a popular saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” During this global pandemic, one doesn’t...
A DOCTOR’S ADVICE A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. Following her husband’s checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office to speak with her privately. He said,...
In our tefillos we refer to Shavuos as zman mattan Toraseinu. Hashem gave us the Torah as a gift (a mattana). When one gives someone a gift, he no longer...
Twenty five years ago, when my first child was born, I asked Rav Meyer Scheinberg zt”l the following question: If the baby wakes up crying in the middle of the...
Megillat Rut tells the inspiring story of how Rut refused to allow Naomi to return alone to Eretz Yisrael, and insisted on joining her despite her state of impoverishment. After...
The Taz in Orach Chaim 494 writes that we delay davening Maariv on Shavuos night so that the counting of the Omer should be complete. The Magen Avraham 494 says...