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A Lesson For the Children: Moshe had studied for many years until he had reached this glorious moment. And now, finally, he reached the end, and he was appointed rabbi of a...

Holy and Secular: How were the frogs distributed throughout all of the land of Egypt? Rabbi Akiva gives us a very amazing explanation. “There was one frog, and the Egyptians would...

“We Do Not Know the Purpose of One Moment of Life” (quote by Rabbi Ezriel Tauber) Terri Schiavo died almost two years ago after being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS)...

Holy and Secular: “The plague is spreading, it includes almost the entire city,” the physician reported to the mayor, “Our beautiful city Sura looks like a battlefield.” And the mayor asked,...

A Lesson For the Children: Shabbat had arrived in the city of Frankfurt. This was the year 5634 (1874). The palace of the well known wealthy man, Baron Rothschild, was filled...

The Ten Commandments, which were chosen by Hashem to be the first and the most prominently given of the 613 commandments of the Torah, embody the most basic principles of religious...

the story of Marcia Ferstenfeld As my daughter grew close to delivering our first grandchild, it became important to have her and her husband stay with us over Shabbos. If you’re...

It’s pretty instructive to note that the English word sin derives from the Proto-Indo-European word fragment, es, meaning to be. The Christian notion linking sin with our very essence as human...

Quiet please, there’s a lady on stage. She may not be the latest rage, But she’s singing. She means it. And she deserves a little silence. – Lyrics by Carole Bayer...

It’s the little trials in life that put us to the test and bring out the best – or the worst – in us. This story was told to me by...