Dozens of Federal, State and local elected officials and community leaders came together at Camp HASC in a bi-partisan show of support for an informative and uplifting day of education, conversation, networking...
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be lengthened on the land that Hashem your G-d gives to you. Shemos 20:11 The Source The obligation to honor one’s in-laws does not appear in the Mishna, the...
How much of life is really in our control? We spend an incredible amount of time worrying about things we cannot control, while often neglecting the one area that is entirely up to us. In the midst of...
Moshe’s Wealth In this week’s parsha, Eikev, Moshe recounts the dramatic tale of how, following the Revelation at Sinai, G-d carved out Two Luchot, engraved them with the Ten Commandments, and presented them to Moshe on Har Sinai. When...
Rav Pam (Ateres Avraham, Chayei Sar- ah) quotes Rabbeinu Bachya, who instructs us that when looking for a spouse we should not place an overem- phasis on looks, money or yichus, but rath- er the bulk of the...
As the weather rapidly gets hotter, people tend to spend more time traveling, camping, or simply sitting in their backyard gardens. However, it’s not just people who come out when the weather becomes nicer; many insects, such as mosquitoes,...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am dating a guy who wants to be a rabbi. He’s a smart individual with sterling middis and a big heart. At the beginning of our...
A visitor to a supermarket is struck by the vast array of chocolate items for sale, such as candies, chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate cookies and the like. There is also a vast array of halachic issues which apply to chocolate....
War is full of tragedy. Soldiers, civilians, society — nothing remains the same. People suffer injury, loss, death and displacement. Israelis today are experiencing not just war but trauma from the horrifically brutal October 7th attacks and the ongoing mobilization,...
INGREDIENTS: 3 lbs spare ribs 1 chopped onion 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup of ketchup 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon hot sauce DIRECTIONS: I enjoy BBQing all year long in all kinds of weather...