By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Every day, from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Shemini Atzeres, we recite Psalm 27, “L’Dovid, HaShem, Ori V’yish’ee, HaShem, is my light...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We are just days away from Yom Kippur. A time for us to reckon with our past, and daven for our...

By: Rabbi Berel Wein Yom Kippur is not only the day of holiness and forgiveness of sin – it is also the great day of...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s 2 AM. “Ani ye’sheinah, v’leebe eir, I am sleeping, but my heart is awake.” (Shir HaShirim 5:2) I came home from...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin On the first day of Rosh HaShana, the haftara is the story of Chana, from the Book of Shmuel. It is...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week, the final Shabbos of 5784, we read parshas Nitzavim and Vayeilech. Nitzavim opens, “Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem…, You (Bnei...

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 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...