Parashat Naso tells of the special gifts and sacrifices brought by the nesi’im – the leaders of the twelve tribes, to celebrate the inauguration of the Mishkan. Rashi explains why the leaders were the first ones to come...
I. Days Without Malei The Mishnah (Mo’ed Katan 27a) discusses when we eulogize someone before burial and when refrain from doing so. On days of communal happiness, a sad eulogy evokes feelings contrary to spirit of the day. Among those...
The Torah in Parashat Naso (5:5-8) discusses the case of a person who stole and then took an oath falsely denying his crime. After he confesses his sin and repents, he must pay the victim the principal...
Towards the end of his life, the Imrei Emes zt’l said, “When I was young, there were many sections of the Torah and aspects of avodas Hashem that I planned to get to later in my life. But now...
The Levi Family Tree Levi, one of the 12 sons of Yaakov (the third of our forefathers, a grandson of the first Jew Avraham), had three sons - Gershon, Kehas and Merari - as well as a daughter, Yocheved....
Rabbi Eytan Feiner currently serves as the full-time Rav of Congregation Kneseth Israel, more popularly known as The White Shul, in Far Rockaway, New York. The Rav lectures extensively throughout the New...
In last week’s article, we began an exploration of the connection between Megilas Rus and the yomtov of Shavuos. When we left off, we had just considered the famous dictum...
Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos? The Rama on Orach Chaim 494:3 quotes a widespread minhag to eat dairy foods on Shavuos. The Mishnah Berurah (ibid. s.k.12) proffers the fa- mous explanation for this...
In a mind-boggling statistic, Orthodox Jews represent 0.2% of the US population and yet make up almost 20% of altruistic kidney donors. This past Shabbos, our community hosted an incredible...