When Joseph P. Babcock  exported Mahjong to the US in 1917, he likely did not foresee the hit it would quickly become.  With a fresh...

Going to the barber or trimming a child’s hair may seem straightforward, but it’s easy to unintentionally transgress Torah prohibitions....

They tell a story (joke) about a Rabbi who calls a wealthy individual for a donation. He starts with a long, awkward pitch, rambling...

Dear friends, A fast on Erev Shabbat is a fairly rare phenomenon, occurring only once every 5.1 years on average. Remarkably, it happened...

Everything that happens is for the good – we just have to understand that we may not see it until we look back from a later vantage point.

Chanukah 5785 begins Wednesday evening, December 25 (Kislev 25), and concludes Thursday, January 2. Where and Who? One should place the...

‘Of all phenomena, the ability of certain individuals to walk barefoot through fire without being burned is perhaps the most spectacular'

Nearly 1,000 years after the flood, the location of Noach’s Ark was still common knowledge—a proof to the world that the great flood did ind

Dear Community and Friends,   October 7, 2023, became a date forever etched in the memory of our nation, marking the bloodiest day for...

That piece of clothing we bought with little thought, is the very same that someone is saving up in the hopes that one day they will be...

'The stars above you shine with such an incredible brilliance that you can see them reflected in that cold blue ice beneath your feet.'

Dear Friends, Many Jews across the diaspora are grappling with the alarming rise in anti-Semitism since the tragic events of Simchat...

IN THIS POST The Fast of Tammuz The Three Weeks The Nine Days Tisha B'Av The three weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av are a period of...

Yosef’s story teaches us that even in the darkest times, Hashem’s guiding hand is at work, leading us toward redemption.

Let us strive to be a beacon of light and righteousness in a world often clouded by darkness and confusion.

‘His kidneys are failing;  he has just a few hours left to live.’  In the early days of the Covid epidemic, Rabbi Chaim Ginzberg had...

Download or print this guide here THE NIGHT OF EREV PESACH - SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 21 ​ Bedikat Chametz / The Search for Chametz - On the...

And then came the Holy One, Blessed is He, and he slaughtered the Angel of Death, who killed the butcher who slaughtered the ox, that...

If we delve deeper, the cycle of each year is a microcosm of our history.

Let’s be real, compelling a child (or teenager or even an adult!) to attend a lengthy, solemn service, reading from a black and white...