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Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land The Hebrew Bible in the United States: A Sourcebook Meir Y. Soloveichik, Matthew Holbreich, Jonathan Silver and Stuart W. Halpern, Editors The Toby Press, LLC This...

The Rolling Stones famously sing: You can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want I have a joke for...

A few weeks ago, I published an article titled The Ugly Duckling was Wrong, in which I analyzed the classic children’s tale, determined that its lesson was not what we might...

One of the first mitzvot we teach our kids is to say brachot before – and as they get older, also after – eating. We train them to say the words,...

Last week, we discussed creating a relationship with Torah through its study. This relationship can be described as “ownership,” but it is an active, intimate type of ownership. We immerse our...

Something Old, Something New: Pearls from the Torah Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Ktav Publishing House Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran, whose thoughts on the weekly Torah portion are collected in Something Old, Something...

So there I was, on the floor, crouched over a door hinge. It was dark. The only light I had was from my iPhone, which was propped up on a towel...

When people in our lives are struggling or suffering, we desperately want to help but often are at a loss for what to say or what to do.  In her deeply...

Many months ago, I shared something that the rabbi of my shul had discussed on Rosh Hashana. He talked about George Nagel, AKA the Yabloner Rebbe. Here’s what I wrote then:...

A few years ago, my family moved into a new home. It had pretty much everything we wanted and a few extras to boot. My wife took up gardening, much to...