Legal Laughter
This article represents a rumination of sorts. It is based on an idea that has been occupying my headspace for a couple of weeks that is related to the...
Parshat Pekudei: Four Testimonies
The Mishkan was an ambitious project designed to craft a house of Hashem on Earth. The Mishkan hosted daily Korbanos, was the scene of national assembly, and was the...
Fully Focused On What Matters
True Pleasure
Last week, we saw that Rebbe Yaakov describes our world as the “corridor” that leads to the “palace” of the next world, where we will experience the ultimate...
Individuality In The Collective
Last Thursday night, my family and close to six hundred guests, danced the night away at The Coral Gables Country Club in Florida. My oldest niece, Mushkie, daughter of...
Judaism And Jewishness: They Are Inseparable
By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l
March 9, 1956—The deleterious and disintegrating effect that modern American life has had upon both Jews and Judaism is best demonstrated by the unfortunate schism...
Pekudei: Crafty Artisans
By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
In discussing the craftsmanship and expertise of Betzalel and Ohaliav—who were instrumental in the construction of the Tabernacle and its associated paraphernalia—the Torah uses the...
“…Who Did Miracles for Me”
Rav Chaim of Volozhin was one of the important contributors to the development of Jewish thought and Torah study at the turn of the nineteenth century. One of the...
The Light Of Adar: Dissipate The Darkness
“LaYehudim haysa orah v’simcha, The Jews experienced light and joy.”
We have entered the second month of Adar, a time when our feelings of joy are expected to grow. That...
A Lesson Learned
By Sivan Rahav Meir
I’d like to share a few insights following a lecture that I delivered to a contingent of university students who came to Israel last week from...
Handshake Vs. Hug
By Yochanan Gordon
This Shabbos we sanctify the second Adar. Adar is either the last month of the year, prior to Nissan, which the Torah refers to as the first...