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Parashat Toldot: Esav’s Folly Legend has it that 400 years ago, local Native Americans relinquished ownership over the Island of “Manhattes” for the modern equivalent of about $1,000. In the...

By R' Chaim Bruk Yom Kippur 5782 Dear Mommy, It’s been a while since I last wrote, but Yom Kippur is coming soon, and I wanted to touch base. I am clueless...

By R' Chaim Bruk Very soon, we will usher in a New Year with Rosh Hashanah 5782. During the holiday service, we read the haftarah about Chana and her infertility....

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The material below is based upon Maamar #1,2, and 8 of Vaadim published last Elul delivered by Rav Schustal Shlita and published by Rabbi...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The following is a remarkably inspiring story involving mesirus nefesh, tefillos at Kever Rochel, and a seven-day yahrzeit candle. It began with an unexpected knock on the...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The news is reporting that there are 304 dead (if not more) in Haiti after it was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake over...

By R' Chaim Bruk Last Wednesday at about 6:40 p.m., just 20 minutes before my 7:00 p.m. parashah class, I received a call from a Jew named David who was...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Q: The RY stated that Elul is a gift to Klal Yisroel from Hashem. Can the RY elaborate? RYF:  It is a time that is...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman When my daughter first showed me the “peekaboo” picture circulating through WhatsApp groups, I thought, “Wow! Can this possibly be an example of the famed Rivash’s...

By R' Chaim Bruk We enjoyed such a wonderful Shabbos Nachamu in Bozeman. Jews from all over—Teaneck, Passaic, Toronto, Edison, Los Angeles, Lakewood, Brooklyn, Airmont, Monsey, West Bloomfield, Philadelphia, Tucson,...