Parashas Mishpatim: Dive In!
Rabbi Irving Levy was a wise and respected talmid chacham and businessman. He and his wonderful wife, Shirley, a’h, were legendary ba’alei chesed and of the earliest founders of...
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana: Jewish Courting Rituals
There are Jewish values that are basic and fundamental but have somehow been forgotten by too many with the passing generations since the giving of the Torah at Mount...
Parashas Mishpatim: The Power To Serve
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Powerful people exercise control over others that obscures their view of G-d. Good people employ kindness and respect and marshal their resources to highlight G-d’s power...
Parashat Mishpatim: Is There Secular Morality?
Can morality exist outside of religion? This question has been debated throughout history, addressed by ancient philosophers such as Plato and Socrates, as well as by modern thinkers such...
Tribute To My Uncle Reb Yisrael Gordon, z’l
By Yochanan Gordon
My great-uncle Reb Yisrael, the son of Reb Yochanan (yes, my namesake) and Zeesha Gordon, passed away early Sunday morning, the eve of Tu B’Shevat, at the...
Yisro: Where G-d Is Found
Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe, zt’l, of the post-Holocaust era, revived his community with love, resilience, and faith. The Rebbe restored kavod to thousands of survivors and helped...
Parashat Yitro: Shabbat In The State Of Israel
Shabbat is seminal to Jewish identity. By reenacting Hashem’s original schedule and ceasing from work on the seventh day, we acknowledge Him as Creator of our world. For centuries,...
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana: Roots
I grew up in an environment where family was everything. My mother was extremely close to her parents, my father was tight with his siblings, we “worshiped” my uncle,...
Know The Real Risks: In Response To Wrongful View Of BRCA Testing
Recently, I received an article against BRCA genetic screening penned by a R’ Boruch Weiss, titled, “The Evil Trap of Mass BRCA Testing: Yidden, Do Not Fall for This!”
Evil?
The...
Parashas Yisro: Taking Notice
How do we relate to what happens around us? Do we notice the subtle or even the obvious? Do we allow our observations to make us wiser and more...