FAST FACTS: Name: Julius Deion Randle Born: November 29, 1994 (age 26 years) in Dallas, TX Height: 6’ 8” NBA draft: 2014 (Round: 1 / Pick: 7) Position: Power forward, Center Salary: Signed a 3 year...
This Thursday, May 7th, known in Hebrew as Lag B’omer, the thirty-third day of the omer, is the anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest sages and spiritual...
Lag B’omer is a day which people celebrate with great simcha and joy. What is the reason for this great celebration? When does it start? At night or by day?...
In the first chapter of Pirkeh Avot, we read the following teaching of Shimon, the son of Rabban Gamliel: “My whole life I grew up among sages, and I found nothing...
The Torah commands every Jew to be careful not to cause a chilul Hashem. When an individual Jew acts improperly, he disgraces the entire Jewish people, as well as the...
Recently, an article referencing a conversation we had on Behind the Bima referred to me as a “Modern Orthodox Rabbi.” I was taken aback by that characterization and found myself...
One of the topics discussed in Parashat Emor is the Misva which we observe each night during this period between Pesach and Shabuot – the Misva of Sefirat Ha’omer, to...
The Gemara says, “Reb Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of talmidim (24,000 students). They lived [all over in Eretz Yis-rael] from Gavas until Antifras, and they all died in the...
The Torah reveals, “V’atem tihiu li mamleches kohanim v’goy kadosh – You, Yisroel, should be to me a kingdom of priests and a Holy nation.” The million dollar question is...
Honor is best given rather than received. We are required to honor Torah scholars, older family members, and the elderly in general. However, this becomes complicated when we face conflicting...