By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av, marks the beginning of the Nine Days, concluding with Tisha B’Av. It is a period...

By: Shlomo Katz We read in this week’s parashah that one who commits unintentional manslaughter is exiled to a city of refuge until the Kohen...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin How does a great man say his final goodbye? What are his wishes, his concerns, his worries. In Parshas Pinchas, HaShem tells...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb A story with important implications for our own times is referred to in the opening passage of this week’s Torah...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin In this week’s parsha, we meet Balak, king of Moav. Though he was a king, the Chumash introduces him as Balak,...

By: Shlomo Katz In this week’s parashah, we read how Bilam tried to curse Bnei Yisrael. Pirkei Avot (ch.5) teaches that evil-doers like Bilam do...

By: Chaya Sora-Jungreis It was the beginning of the fortieth year of Bnei Yisroel’s trek through the vast desert. This week’s parsha, Chukas, tells of...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Crime and Punishment. In a corporeal world, the correlation of a jail sentence to a crime does not symbolize a cogent...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I was running errands, when a woman I did not recognize approached me. “Are you Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis’ daughter?” When I proudly...

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 It was last Friday afternoon. I was in my kitchen, peeling, slicing, chopping, mixing. Getting ready for Shabbos. While my hands...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb When one reaches a certain age, he does not have to be reminded that his memory is not what it...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Beha’aloscha, 1991. The Shabbos of my son’s bar mitzva. 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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We were just blessed on Shavuos by the kohanim. How uplifting it was to receive their bracha, and listen to their...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis “May G-d bless thee and keep thee” “May He cause His countenance to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee” “May HaShem...