Rabbi Chaim Kanievski Shlita has sent a personal condolence letter to Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky who is sitting shiva in Philadelphia after his rebbetzin passed away this week at the age...
This year, I began learning on Zoom with a friend from Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood and an oleh living in Ra’anana. Searching for a topic that might appeal to everyone, I suggested Rav...
Three Truths which Compelled Jethro to Join Our People The Story of Jethro The opening of the weekly portion tells the story of the Pagan priest Jethro who chooses to come to...
Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday was this past Monday, spoke powerfully about the danger and potential damage of silence. He once said, “Our lives begin to end the day...
The Torah discusses Moshe’s children, “The name of one [son] was Gershom… and the name of one son was Eliezer…” (18:3-4). It seems that it should have stated “the name...
The great Rav Chatzkel Levenstein, zt”l, zy”a, made a very interesting observation about the saga in Egypt. He comments that the greatest miracle that occurred in Egypt was the fact...
In the first section of Parashat Yitro, we read of the arrival of Yitro, Moshe’s father-in-law, at Beneh Yisrael’s camp at Mount Sinai. Yitro is described as “Kohen Midyan” –...
Can one buy plain coffee or tea in a treif store (i.e. bodega, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, etc.)? I don’t think you should buy coffee in a non-certified establishment because even...
Parashat Yitro begins with the story of Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro, who decided to leave his homeland, Midyan, and join the Jewish Nation as a convert. The Torah elaborates in describing...
I. It’s All Good What is the most important passage in the Torah? The debate over a common custom teaches that answering this question opens the door to claims that other...