FAST FACTS Name: Jeff McNeil Born: April 8, 1992 in Santa Barbara, California Nickname: Squirrel Drafted: By the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. 2020 Salary: $583,500 2020...
The citizens of the State of Israel are once again in elections and find themselves heading to the polling stations for the fourth time within a year. At the same...
It is hard to believe that this Taanis Esther will already be the 34th yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva, H a G a o n , Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zt”l,...
The Purim miracle was a “milestone moment” in Jewish History as a nation, faced with almost certain annihilation, was rescued by Divine intervention. Unlike the Exodus from Egypt, the Purim...
I. GIVING ON PURIM The observance of Purim includes, among its commandments, Mishlo’ach Manos — sending at least two different items of food to a friend. You only need to give...
The Baal Haturim in Parshas Tetzaveh brings down a Zohar that says there is no Sedra in the Torah since Moshe was born that does not have the name of...
Is one permitted to bathe, take a haircut or listen to music on Taanis Esther? The Meiri (Sefer Magen Avos 23) writes that Taanis Esther is different than other communal...
“I wouldn’t belong to a club that would have me as a member.” -- Groucho Marx “The modern Jewish maxim is Incognito, ergo sum, ‘I am invisible, therefore I am.’” --...
The Gemora tells us, “Esther b’ruach hakodesh nemra;” that the Book of Esther was divinely inspired. As the last of the twenty-four Scriptures, it shares with its predecessors a timeless...
When Hakadosh Baruch Hu first created the world, everything was “tohu va’vohu” (Breishis 1:2). By the end of the sixth day of creation, most of the tohu va’vohu was replaced...