INGREDIENTS: 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided 4 pounds bone-in beef short ribs, cut into 3-inch pieces (8 to 12) Salt and pepper 1 large yellow onion, cut into wedges 3 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 10...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I feel like It is impossible for me to get married. I do a job that isn’t really exciting, and only do it because I know I...
Name: Clint Mosley Jr. Born: June 19, 1992 (age 27) in Mobile, Alabama College: Alabama NFL Draft: 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 Position: Linebacker Salary: Before the season the New York Jets signed...
FAST FACTS: Name: Rabbi David Pardo Title: Managing Director of Torah Initiatives Years working for OU: 6 Job for the OU when you are not working on Torah NY: Centralizing our...
FAST FACTS: Names of people in the Zusha Band: Zechariah Goldschmiedt Shlomo Gaisin Band members currently live in: Both Zach and Shlomo live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Grew up in: Zach:...
In Devarim, Perek Chof Gimmel, posuk gimmel the Torah commands Bnei Yisroel not to allow a mamzer to marry a Jewish woman. There is a famous machlokes Rishonim on the concept...
The general custom of Ashkenazim is to begin reciting Selichos on Motzei Shabbos. Why do we always begin the recitation of Selichos on a Motzei Shabbos? Sefer Leket Yosher (OC 118:1...
TWO PHASES In a military class the professor asked the students, “What is the difference between an engagement and a battle?” No one in the group offered any answer. The...
We interrupt our series on tefilah for a timely discussion about Elul. About 45 years ago, I was a student in the Yeshiva of Staten Island. One Rosh HaShanah, Rav Moshe...
The official anthology of readings from the works of the Gaon of Vilna is entitled “Even Shleima”. The choice of the title is based on the acronym of the phrase:...