The story is told that one day, as a small child, Thomas Edison came home from school and gave a paper to his mother. He said, “Mom, my teacher gave...
The concept of “Bashert,” a person’s soulmate, warms the heart and plays into our notions of romance. The Gemara (Sotah 2a) says that forty days before the creation of a...
INGREDIENTS: 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree 1/2 cup vegetable or another neutral cooking oil 3 large eggs 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon fine sea or table...
The New York Rangers and Adam Fox, have agreed to a historic contract extension. Fox, 23, signed a seven-year deal, taking him through the 2028-29 season. The average annual value...
R’ Eli Stefansky is the president of Prime Quest Management, Daf Yomi maggid shiur, and founder of the widely popular “8 Minute Daf” video series. More people listen to his...
What do you think about Mordy’s new YouTube video ABBA? It was beyond breathtaking. He took the words right out of Tehillim from L’Dovid Hashem Ori and they were beautiful, really...
(BASED ON REMARKS DELIVERED AT THE SHLOSHIM IN JERUSALEM, 23 MAR CHESHVAN) The Torah relates ּהָתֹּכְבִלְו†הָרָׂשְל†דֹּפְסִל†≠םָהָרְבַא†אֹבָּיַו†- Avraham eulogizes Sarah. But the Torah doesn’t tell us what Avraham said. Why doesn’t the...
Who Is The Wise One? He Who Recognizes That He Was Stupid Parshas Toldos contains the story of Eisav selling the birthright to Yaakov. After the transaction, the Torah uses...
“Va’yetar Yitzchok l’HaShem, l’nochach ishtoh ki akoroh hee – Yitzchok entreated HaShem opposite his wife, because she was barren.” (Bereishis 25:21) Rashi comments that Yitzchok stood in one corner, and Rivkah in...
The Torah tells us that a kosher animal is one which has split hooves and chews its cud; pigs have split hooves, but because they do not chew their cud, are not kosher. The Rabbis of the Medrash tell a parable of...