By: Chaya Jungreis-Gertzulin This week, we read in the fourth chapter of Pirkei Avos an insightful teaching of Rabbi Elazar HaKappar. “Ha’kinah, v’hata’avah v’hakavod motzi’in...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb We all nod our heads in agreement when we hear the phrase, “Two Jews, three opinions.” We similarly chuckle when...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We read in Parshas Shelach about the episode of the meraglim, the scouts exploring Eretz Yisroel. A most difficult chapter in...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, we discover our tragic predilection for self-destruction. Even if G-d performs open miracles and bestows every blessing...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Beha’aloscha, 1991. The Shabbos of my son’s Bar Mitzvah. Family and friends joined together for a memorable simcha. We had...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha (Numbers 8:1), Aaron is commanded to kindle the lights of the menorah, but a most unusual word...

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler This week’s Parsha, Naso, continues the census taking of the Bnai Yisroel prior to their anticipated entry into Eretz Yisroel. The following...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “V’ho-ish Moshe anav me’od mikol ha’adam asher al pnei ha’adamah, And the man Moshe was the most humble of all people...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin There are some childhood memories that one never forgets. Memories that remain etched in your heart and soul. Memories that even...

By:  Rabbi Doniel Neustadt A discussion of Halachic topics related to the Parsha of the week. For final rulings, consult your Rav. The widespread custom of...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos we begin the fourth of the five books of Torah, Sefer Bamidbar. Bamidbar means in the desert, in the...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, we begin the 4th of the Five Books of Moses. This Book is also known as Sefer...

By:  Shlomo Katz King Shlomo writes in Mishlei (9:1), “With all forms of wisdom she did build her house; she carved out its seven pillars.”...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The sun is shining and the outdoors is calling. Yet, it is precisely at this time, during the longer Shabbos afternoons,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Ever feel like you messed up? Concerned about lost opportunities? Missed out because of circumstances beyond your control? What message does the Torah convey...

By: Naftali Reich The essential theme behind the counting of the sefirah is, of course, perfecting our character traits. This is alluded to in the...