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...
Each name of a Jewish holiday is iconic. The name Pesach evokes the transformative sacrifice which launched our national liberation. The name Chanukah captures the re-dedication of the newly purified...
We like to think that a Kiddush Hashem, a sanctification or glorification of G-d’s name, is perfectly good. It is the ultimate expression of religious virtue. In reality, this is...
Mets ace Jacob deGrom talked to the media for the first time last week from Port St. Lucie. The two-time Cy Young Award winner talked about the Mets busy offseason,...
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...
During the days and weeks before Purim the mail is full of letters requesting matanas l’evyonim. In this issue we will discuss which people one has to give to, how...
“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.’”...
Megilas Esther is an exciting repository of contemporary advice. This is revealed to us through Esther’s request to the sages, “Kavuni l’doros – Affix me for all generations.” Although Esther...
The practice is to read Parshas Zachor with a minyan from a kosher Sefer Torah on the Shabbos before Purim. If one is unable to do so, they...
Milton Friedman, the great Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at the University of Chicago, had a very simple suggestion for how to identify a person or institution’s priorities. Many people...