What is the secret to making lasting resolutions? In the first responsive line of Avinu Malkeinu, we ask Hashem to help us do “teshuvah sheleimah,” complete repentance. The addition of that descriptor, sheleimah, makes it sound like there is...
I once took a trip with my wife to Dubai. At one point during the trip, our tour guide brought us to a spice market. We spent around an hour perusing through the market, marveling at...
I would like to share a thought about Yom Kippur. As Rav Dovid Kronglass used to say, this is the most important week of the year. We have a tremendous task in front of us and that is...
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...
The Tune The tefillos of Yom Kippur are sung in special melodies, which have been sung for centuries. The holy sefarim explain that these tunes annul the harsh judgment. As it states (Tehillim 47), Zamru Leilokim, prune away the harsh judgment with...
A.J. Dillon has spent the past several years establishing himself as one of the NFL’s most powerful running backs. Known throughout football as “Quadzilla,” the 6-foot, 247-pound running back has rushed...
Camp Kaylie is entering an exciting new chapter. After 15 years of providing an unforgettable summer experience for children, Camp Kaylie is preparing to expand in a major way. This coming summer, Camp Kaylie will have a...
“Coronation Night” – that is how one of the great spiritual masters would define the night of Rosh Hashanah. In a 1974 sermon, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soleveitchik (1903- 1993), one of the great Jewish thinkers of the last century,...
There are moments in life when we suddenly become aware of our breathing. A frightening diagnosis, a phone call in the middle of the night, turbulence on an airplane, waiting for news about someone we love, a siren...
A Jewish neighborhood. A controversial and deeply divisive mayor. A crowd of admirers— and one woman standing alone in protest. When Mayor Mamdani walked into Eichler’s in Boro Park, he was greeted not with hostility, but with smiles, handshakes,...