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...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We are living in the world of Oct1ober 8, the aftermath. While October 8 is often understood as being synonymous with...

By: Rabbi Label Lam And he shall take the two he goats, and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Have I got news for you… Want to hear the latest… Did you hear what she did? Do you know what...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Most of us are under the erroneous impression that loshen hora constitutes only that which is gossip and slander, but if...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky How Does One Maintain the Vibrancy of Torah? The Torah tells us that Moshe officiated as the Kohen (Priest) in the Mishkan...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The Midrash relates an inspiring lesson from Rabbi Akiva, one of the great Talmudic sages. Once, while in the midst of...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was a week before Pesach, and my twelve-year-old granddaughter was in a class play. No matter how busy a bubby...

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 Pesach. So many special recollections. Warm memories of family gathering together. A beautifully set Seder table. A bubby’s special Pesach recipes....

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 This Shabbos, we read Parshas Pikudei, completing the second book of the Torah, Sefer Shemos. The final pasuk of the parsha tells...

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 “Rachmanah liba boyeh” “The Merciful One desires the heart.” (Talmud Sanhedrin 106b) To do mitzvos with heart, with love and compassion. Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins on a familiar note. After all, it was just last week, on...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Though I walk through the valley overshadowed by death, I feel no harm, for You are with me.” (Tehillim 23:4) “Va’tilokach Esther,...