If your antenna is extended and you are paying attention, powerful and inspirational messages and reminders are being broadcast to us regularly. I was recently flying to New York when the woman sitting next to me grew increasingly frustrated...
The Torah in Parashat Behaalotecha tells of Beneh Yisrael’s departure from Mount Sinai, where they had been encamped for nearly a year: “Va’yis’u Me’Har Hashem” – “They journeyed from the Mountain of G-d” (10:33). The Talmud Yerushalmi, in...
Aharon’s Greatness: Forty Years of Consistency There is a very famous comment of Rashi on the pasuk [verse] in this week’s Parsha “And Aharon did so.” [Bamidbar 8:3] Rashi states: “This teaches that he did not deviate” (melamed shelo...
Parshas Beha’aloscha, 1991. The Shabbos of my son’s Bar Mitzvah. Family and friends joined together for a memorable simcha. We had the honor and merit of having my father, HaRav Meshulem ben HaRav Asher Anshel...
“V’ho-ish Moshe anav me’od mikol ha’adam asher al pnei ha’adamah, And the man Moshe was the most humble of all people on the face of the earth.” (Bamidbar 12:3) In this week’s parshah, Moshe separates from...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I was dating a guy for 3 months, and I fell hard for him. We had common goals, and enjoyed speaking about all things pre-law. We spoke night...
INGREDIENTS: Filling: 24 ounces of blackberries Quarter cup of sugar zest and juice of one lemon Quarter cup of flour Topping: 2/3 cup sugar 3/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Dash of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 tablespoons melted margarine DIRECTIONS: This incredible cobbler...
Coming off the exalted Yom Tov of Shavuot, which commemorates the special day of receiving the holy Torah in Mt. Sinai from Hashem; one might come to ponder how the Torah branched off from one single unifying text to...
Is there an issue with having alcoholic seltzer? Does an alcoholic seltzer need a hechsher? We’ve already certified a very large company that makes alcoholic seltzer; it’s very popular. It is something that needs supervision...
