LEARNING FROM A UNCOUTH DICTATOR HOW TO CELEBRATE LIFE The Farmer A Texas farmer was touring England. He happened to meet an English farmer and asked him, “What size farm do you have?” The Englishman proudly announced, “Thirty-five acres!” “Thirty-five acres?”...
On the Shabbat before Purim – “Shabbat Zachor” – we fulfill the com mandment to remember Amalek’s attack on the Jewish People shortly after they left Egypt. This mitzvah is...
The Taz in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch (end of Orach Chaim), quotes from the Mordechai the following: from the simple reading of the mishna in the first perek...
The last pasuk [verse] in the Megilla reads “For Mordechai, the Yehudi, was viceroy to King Ahashuerus; he was a great man among the Jews, and found favor with the multitude of his brothers (ratzui l’rov echav); he sought the...
INGREDIENTS: 11 ounces dark beer 3 tablespoons sesame seed oil 5 large cloves of gar1ic minced 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3-4 pounds...
INGREDIENTS: For kreplach dough: 2 cups flour Pinch of salt 2 eggs 1 T plus 1 t lukewarm water For the filling: 1/2 medium onion, chopped 1 lb. beef, chopped meat 1 egg Salt and pepper DIRECTIONS: On Purim its traditional to...
FAST FACTS: Name: Bob (Boruch) Moskovitz Title: Executive Coordinator Family: wife Naomi( definitely my better half) and B”H 4 married children and grandchildren Years living in Flatbush: 45 Currently Davens at: Rabbi...
Regarding the custom of Zecher L’Machtzis Hashekel, I have a difficult time finding fifty cent coins. Can I give two quarters, or is there a different way to perform this...
Back in 2013, when the Pew Research Center released its landmark study entitled “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” Jewish Action asked me among other contributors to offer observations and recommendations....
If one dies during the month of Adar in a shanah peshuta (a non-leap year which has only one Adar), when do the children observe the yahrzeit during a shana...