DIRECTIONS Sprinkle the chicken with brown sugar, garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder. Drizzle with honey and squeeze the juice of blood Oranges all over. Add some sliced oranges to the pan....
In Sefer Bereishis, HaShem gives Avraham a glimpse into the future. He is told of an exile that his progeny will experience. How they will be “ger – strangers in a land, v’avadum...
The parsha begins with G-d telling Moshe Rabbeinu [our teacher], “I am Hashem. I appeared to the patriarchs with the name Kel Shakai. However the name Hashem I did not make known to them” [Shemos 6:3]. The Medrash...
I. One Shul, Multiple Minyanim It is now common for some shuls to hold multiple minyanim at different times. The most active are open nearly 24 hours a day, holding morning services every half hour, alternating rooms so there...
Sometimes we take ourselves a little too seri- ously, and feel a little – or a lot – too proud of our- selves. A person’s wealth, good looks, so- cial standing, profession- al achievements, or even religious...
In the beginning of Para- shat Vaera we read of the famous “Arba Leshonot Ge’ula” – “four expres- sions of redemption.” Hash- em told Moshe to convey to Beneh Yisrael His promise to “take them”...
When my grandfather conducted a tisch, he would often repeat over and over again: “There is no hope for me – oth- er than teshuvah...
IN MOSES’ LIFE, THE WOMAN NEEDED TO LEAD Aunts & Nephews “Amram took Yocheved) his aunt as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses.” This is the story recorded in this week’s Torah portion, Vaeira . Amram,...
We have a popular phrase, ‘Food For Thought.’ The Kuzari says that prayer is ‘Food for the Soul.’ He elaborates that just as we meet the needs of the body by eating three meals (breakfast, lunch, and...
Did you have a happy Chanukah? Did you get any good gifts? It turns out if you want to increase your happiness and health, the question is not did you get any good gifts but did you...