03 Jul Not Reckoned Among The Nations (Balak)
The year is 1933. Two Jews are sitting in a Viennese coffee house, reading the news. One is reading the local Jewish paper, the other the notoriously antisemitic publication Der...
The year is 1933. Two Jews are sitting in a Viennese coffee house, reading the news. One is reading the local Jewish paper, the other the notoriously antisemitic publication Der...
STOP POUNDING Rabbi Sam Wolfson was giving his speech to the Jewish federation about the “Tragedy of Jewish assimilation.” Toward the end of his long speech the Rabbi clapped his hands...
Is there such a thing as a mezonos bagel? The OU as a matter of policy does not believe that there is such a thing. Rabbi Belskey zt”l was very sensitive...
I. No Smell After Shabbos ends, we recite havdalah on wine, a special candle and spices for smelling, each item with its own blessing plus a blessing on separation itself marking...
If you look in your Chumash, you will see that at the end of every parsha it tells you how many pesukim there are in the parsha. It then gives...
In Bamidbar, Perek Tes Zayin, posuk lamed bais, the posuk tells us that the earth opened its mouth and swallowed Korach and his people and their houses. There is well known...
INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cups watermelon, seeded and diced 1/2 cup water 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon white sugar DIRECTIONS Blend watermelon, water, honey, lemon juice, and sugar together in a blender until smooth. Pour mixture into ice...
Three Mets, including rookie first baseman Pete Alonso, were selected to the All-Star Game, this year.Alonso will also be one of the participants in the Home Run Derby on July 8. Entering Sunday’s game, Alonso ranks second in the majors...
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT WHAT YOU ARE READING IS TRUE? In his book “Other People’s Money and How Bankers Use It,” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote, “Publicity is...
DO WE SAY G-D’S NAME CORRECTLY? I. G-d’s Grammar In the early seventeenth century, scholars who were both grammarians and Kabbalists debated the proper way to pronounce G-d’s name. The Tetragrammaton (4-letter...