By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Let’s travel back in time to the days the Beis HaMikdash stood in Yerushalayim. It’s harvest time, and the farmers are...

By: Rabbi Yisroel Ciner This week we read Parshas Ki Savo. “And it will be ‘ki savo’ {when you will come} to the land that...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Ki Seitzei, opens with the pasuk, “Ki Seitzei la’milchama al oy’vecha, When you go out to war against...

By: HaRav Yehuda Kroizer “When you will go out to war against your enemies, and Hashem your G-d will deliver him into your hand and...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s that time of year. Time to stock up on school supplies and get the kids’ knapsacks ready. It’s not just...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The parsha opens with the words, “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all of your gates.” (Deut. 16:17)...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin In Parshas Re’eh, Moshe continues to give his final message to Bnei Yisroel. He speaks of the blessings that come with...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb The old and crumbling building housed a synagogue that was a “gift” from Joseph Stalin to the Jews of Odessa....

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Summertime finds our family upstate. Our development is blessed to have a magnificent shul, with a giant oak tree right in...

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston And now, O Israel, what does God, your God, demand of you? Only to fear God, your God, to walk in...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Va’eschanan is always read on Shabbos Nachamu. V’eschanan. The parsha in which Moshe begs and pleads with HaShem to be...

By: Rabbi Label Lam Who can assure that this heart should remain theirs, to fear Me and observe all My commandments, all the days, so...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The Nine Days. Tisha B’Av. A time to remember the churban Beis HaMikdash, the devastation of Yerushalayim, the pain and persecution...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Is it possible for a person to really cleanse himself and start life anew? And here too, the prophet assures us, “Let...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin In parshas Matos, members of the tribes of Gad and Reuven, approach Moshe, Elazar the Kohen, and the princes of the...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky During the presidential run of 1992, candidate Bill Clinton published a book entitled Putting People First. He had it right. He...