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...
In business and on social media, “going viral” is an aspiration and measure of success, but when it comes to a threat to our health and wellbeing, going viral can...
We read in the Megilla of how Ahashverosh wanted to repay Mordechai for saving his life, and he summoned Haman to ask him what would be an appropriate way of...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Ok so I’ve probably gone on dates with about 15 - 20 people in the past 4 years Most of those people I went on one or...
INGREDIENTS: 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1/2 c oil 3/4 c orange juice 1 tsp vanilla 5 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder Fillings: Apricot, Prune, Raspberry, Chocolate Chip, Cookie Dough, Lemon Curd, Smores – fluff, chocolate chips and crushed graham crackers, Apple...
New York Rangers defenseman, Adam Fox grew up in Nassau County on the north shore of Long Island just 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, which is a prime reason he...