What is a ‘Kur Habarzel’?
And so we sit by the Seder and tell the story of how Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim. That’s terrific, really nice. But [...]
And so we sit by the Seder and tell the story of how Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim. That’s terrific, really nice. But [...]
We learned last week about the korban Todah, and how it is brought in certain specific situations when a person’s life is considered to have been [...]
(Although the Korban Todah was introduced to us in last week’s sedrah, nevertheless, as an expression of thanks to Hashem for the upcoming wedding of my daughter, im [...]
As I write this week’s column, I am assuming that by the time that you will be reading it, things will be clear in Our [...]
I had actually given some thought to the question of writing vs. not writing about the elections in my column, since there were people [...]
The special parshah that we will be reading this week iy”H, parshas Shekalim, discusses collecting one half-shekel from each member of B’nei Yisrael who [...]
How does one determine one’s bar (or bas) mitzvah date if one is born in Adar of a ‘regular’ year, when the year where [...]
Depending on when you are reading this, you either have a chance to prepare properly for Purim Kattan (Friday) or to find out if [...]
Depending on when you are reading this, you either have a chance to prepare properly for Purim Kattan (Friday) or to find out if [...]
As we have seen last week, we are ‘forced’ to add another month to the ‘Jewish’ year every few years. (Actually, precise calculations would [...]
Good Rosh Chodesh Adar Alef (or Rishon) to you! And congratulations —we have been given an extra month of life! Yes, Hashem’s decree as [...]
We are trying to understand the apparently different levels of emunah. We have seen Bnei Yisrael described as having attained emunah at different stages [...]