Consequences: A Holiday Story
I had just located the parsley, hidden in a back corner of the refrigerator, when the phone rang. Extracting myself from the fridge, I found my twin sister Amy on the...
Pesach: The Ultimate Stimulus Plan
Few government plans have caused more furor and fury, more debate and deliberation than the $789 billion economic stimulus plan approved by both the Congress and the Senate back on Feb....
Redemption and a New York Taxi Ride
When you get into a taxi in New York City you never know what’s going to happen. Every urban traveler knows that within each of the myriad of cabs crisscrossing the...
The Seder: A Rendezvous with Torah
Based on a commentary in the new Haggadah, The Seder Night: An Exalted Evening, with the commentary of “the Rav”, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik . Compiled by Rabbi Simon Posner. Just as...
Ready or Not… Here it comes
Keeping our focus during the Pre-Pesach Rush By Aliza Swift “Here we go again…” thought Shuli, as she bent down to clean the large amount of “stuff” that had accumulated under...
Ridding Yourself of Your Spiritual Chametz: Part II
The spiritual and ethical component of the search for and burning of chametz. Freedom isn’t unbridled, even in a free society there are laws. Rav Kook: It means being true to one’s...
Ridding Yourself of Your Spiritual Chametz: Part I
The spiritual and ethical component of the search for and burning of chametz. Rav Hirsch explains we refrain from chametz to show our needs are dedicated to God, that our possessions are...
Memory: Living a Fully Realized Jewish Life – Part...
We are commanded to remember our stay and exodus from Egypt, as well as Amalek. What are the key lessons learned from this remembering? Part 2 of 2 by Rochi Lerner,...
Pesach: Freedom Is A Responsibility
The freedom of Pesach isn’t freedom from responsibility, it’s the opportunity to be responsible & show we’re free to choose to do the right thing. Rabbi Moishe Lichtenstein’s new installment of...
Mishnas Chayim – Pesach: This Matzah That We Eat…
Every year, our children ask us certain questions at the Seder; presumably, we have the answers. Let’s do a quick check (on at least one of them) to make sure that...
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