FAST FACTS: Name: Yosef (Joey) Newcomb Family: Married with 3 children Yeshivas Growing up: Siach Yitzchok (Elementary School) Sharrei Arazim (High School), Mercaz , Mir Yerushalayim (Beis Medrash) Camps Growing...
HOW DID THE THANK YOU HASHEM CAMPAIGN BEGIN? ‘Thank You Hashem’ is a powerful sound bite. These simple words are a prayer, blessing, appreciation, sanctification, and expression of spiritual intimacy—all in...
In Bereishis (32:11) the posuk tells us that Yaakov was worried that he was too small in stature to receive the kindness of Hashem. The gemara in Taanis (20b) says...
Please explain what yoshan is. If someone takes upon him or herself to eat yashan, can they eat in someone’s house that does not keep yashan? The Torah tells us...
Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The...
The past two weeks, we’ve been reflecting upon the terrible rocket attacks against Eretz Yisroel. This week, I’d like to zoom in on two more important points. First, how these...
When the messengers returned to Yaakov Avinu and reported that Eisav is on his way with four hundred men Yaakov was petrified. The Midrash comments that part of his concern...
On the one hand, he sent his children to chareidi schools. On the other, he has proudly taught in progressive women’s institutions. He was educated in the right-wing world, but...
In Parasat VaYishlach, perek 33, pasuk 17, the Torah tells us that Yaakov Aveenu built himself a house and he built for his cattle Succot (huts.) In fact, Yaakov Aveenu...
Ya’akov hurriedly spirits his camp to safety across the Yabok river to protect them from Esav’s murderous gang. The Torah carefully delineates the transport of his four wives, and his...