Last week on Simchat Torah, I was asked to lain a few ‘rounds’ of Parshas V’zot Haberacha, to help ensure that every man and boy received an aliyah to the Torah. I was still laining when my oldest son Shalom, received his aliyah. After he masterfully said the beracha I began laining the aliyah.
According to Wikipedia, “Bettais a largegenusof small, often colorful, freshwaterray-finned fishesin thegouramifamily.” But a few years ago, there
Early Friday morning this past week, as I was preparing the Gemara I would be teaching in shiur later that day, I recalled a question one of my
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilber zt’l was a legendary leader of Russian Jewry for over three decades. He remained resolutely firm in his faith and practiced
“It is Sunday. The line of people waiting to see the Rebbe is very long. After hours, I finally find myself face to face with the Rebbe. At first, I
During the last couple of weeks, our three-and-a-half year old son, Dovid, wakes up every morning and asks if it’s Shabbos Kodesh. I wish I could say
Earlier this week someone forwarded me a touchingly beautiful and masterfully produced video, entitled “Letting Go.” Narrated by Rabbi Yoel Gold, it
