The festival of Lag Ba’omer revolves around two celebrated personalities – Rebbi Akiva and his talmid, Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai. These two legends lived through the dark period of Roman...
INGREDIENTS: Chocolate Iced Cake Yellow, Red, & Orange hard candy Rolled wafer cookies DIRECTIONS: As we won’t be having any lag B’Omer gatherings with bonfires and activities this year - make this adorable campfire cake....
It’s been a while since anyone wrote that the New York Knicks are the hottest team in the NBA, but the Knicks are definitely a huge surprise this year. A...
The Torah states in the weekly portion (Acharei Mot) that the High Priest had a special set of garments he donned on Yom Kippur. It was unlike the garments he...
The last article dealt with many of the customs regarding certain activities during sefira. In this article we will continue to deal with other customs regarding sefira. For example: Are...
The Mishnah teaches us in Pirkeh Avot (1:13), אלד†ףיסי†≠ףיסומ†– “one who does not increase, diminishes.” In other words, if we are not moving forward, then we are moving backwards. If...
All human beings were created b’tzelem Elokim and one of the mitzvos of the Torah (in parshas Ki Savo) is “v’holacto bidrochov”, i.e. to preserve that tzelem elokim which was...
Recently, those watching the men’s NCAA basketball tournament game between Gonzaga and USC saw something that made them gasp, and it wasn’t any play on the court. In the corner...
The Torah in Parashat Ahareh-Mot presents the prohibition against the consumption of animals’ blood, and explains that this is forbidden because the animal’s “Nefesh” (“soul”) is in its blood. Why did...