By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Rachmanah liba boyeh” “The Merciful One desires the heart.” (Talmud Sanhedrin 106b) To do mitzvos with…
By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins on a familiar note. After all, it…
By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Though I walk through the valley overshadowed by death, I feel no harm, for You are…
By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday…
By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Mishehnichnas Adar, marbim b’simcha. When the month of Adar arrives, we increase our simcha. Does the…
By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back…
By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This past Shabbos, we blessed the new month of Adar. The month we celebrate the miracle…
By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My grandmother was one of the angels. Like every Jewish grandmother, she loved each and…
By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was the mid-1940s. The horrific days of the Holocaust were coming to a close, yet…
By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word…