By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “He was named Noach, saying this one will ease our work, and bring us rest from the toil of our hands….”...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb There are many words in the English language that originally had great power but have become watered down over the...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week, Shabbos Bereishis, we once again begin reading the cycle of Torah portions. The word “Torah” means “instructions” or “teachings”....

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1) The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was Rosh HaShana night, and our family was enjoying sweet apples and honey. The conversation around the table turned to...

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston And this (V’zos) is the blessing which Moshe, the Man of G-d, blessed the Children of Israel before his death. (Devarim...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s Succos time. Time to get a lulav and essrog. Time to take the succah walls out of storage. Time to...

By: Shlomo Katz Why does Sukkot follow so closely after Yom Kippur? Indeed, not only are they close to each other on the calendar, a...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Yizkor. To remember. On Yom Kippur we remember the loved ones who are no longer with us. Those who are fortunate to...

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz Our parshah opens: “Moshe went and spoke these words to all of Israel.” Where was Moshe “going”? R’ Mordechai Twersky z”l...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin On both Rosh Ha Shana and Yom Kippur, we recite Unesaneh Tokef, one of the most stirring and heartrending tefillos. We...

By: Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffman Parshas Nitzavim contains a section called Parshas ha-Teshuva, The Chapter of Repentance; so called because in this chapter Moshe encourages Bnei...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Sharon and I came from different backgrounds. I was the rabbi’s daughter, and Sharon grew up in a traditional home. Since...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb We all have our secret lives. I don’t mean to say that each of us has a sinister side, which we...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Finders keepers, losers weepers. A child’s chant, but for those immersed in Torah and mitzvos, hashavas aveidah, returning a lost item is...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This parsha contains the most mitzvos of all the parshiot, and they encompass many areas that prepare us for Rosh Ha...