By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Most of us have experienced a phase earlier in our lives, perhaps in high school, during which we dreamed...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Pesach. A night of recalling the miracles of our past, and recognizing the miracles in our lives today. The words “b’chol dor...

By: Shlomo Katz One of the mitzvot in this week’s parashah is Brit Milah / circumcision. In the additional Harachaman prayers recited in Birkat Hamazon...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Vayehi bayom hashmini, and it was on the eighth day.” (Vayikra 9:1) The number seven connotes tevah, what is natural, as in...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Did morning ever come too early, and you gave yourself “just five more minutes”? You close your eyes… and somehow five...

By: Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz Parshas Tzav begins with a discussion of two mitzvos related to the removal of the ashes that accumulated on the mizbayach...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The days became weeks. The weeks became months. October, November, December, January, February, and now we are approaching the end of...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb “There is no such thing as privacy anymore.” “There are no secrets anymore.” These are two complaints that are heard frequently...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The Hebrew language is like no other, it is Lashon HaKodesh, the Holy Tongue. Its words are not just a combination...

By: Rabbi Benjamin Hecht Shemot 40:35 states that Moshe Rabbeinu was not able to enter the Ohel Mo’ed for the cloud was upon it and...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Mi’sheh’nichnas Adar marbim b’simcha, When Adar arrives, simcha increases. Can it be with the advent of a new month, simcha automatically enters...

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand The pasuk says, “And every man whose heart inspired him came, and everyone who was of generous spirit brought his...

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Ki Sisa, tells of the tragic episode of the Eigel HaZahav, the Golden Calf. Imagine Moshe Rabbeinu, descending from...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday celebrations and the weekly Torah...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was summertime. My parents were upstate lecturing in the Pine View Hotel. I was taking courses in Brooklyn College, and...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back to my early days in...