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Many years ago, when I served as an eighth-grade rebbi, I had the pleasure of teaching a grandson of Rav Shimon Schwab z’tl. At the Bar...

Interruption of Shivah A teaching in the Mishna defines the duties of a Jew who is in mourning at the outset of a festival. “Regalim...

“G‑d spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai and said . . . Six years you may plant your fields . . . and the seventh year shall be Shabbat. You...

Emor(Leviticus 21-24) Natural Death The Torah (Leviticus 21:5) prohibits various extreme forms of mourning the death of loved ones. As...

Kedoshim (Leviticus 19-20) Improving Your Reproving You shall reprove your fellow and do not bear a sin because of him. (Lev. 19:17) The...

Moshe said to Aaron, “Come near to the Alter and perform the service of your sin-offering and your burnt-offering and provide atonement...

Pesach is the holiday of memory and of hope. Memory is really the key to Jewish survival and a meaningful Jewish life. All of the rituals...

As I was once teaching my class years ago, we received news from the secretary about a distressing situation which had occurred Israel....

This week’s parshios, Vayakhel-Pekudei, both seem somewhat redundant. We find Moshe taking up the collection from the people to build the...

Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) LISTEN! Moses came down from the mountain after receiving the Ten Commandments from God and heard a lot of...