On one side, you have something like a letter he wrote to a little girl in his congregation who had lost her pet bird – he turned it into a gentle lesson about memory and care. On the other, you see ...

There is a saying, “The righteous say little and do much.” The following story about my Aunt Anne exemplifies this. My aunt had been through difficult treatments for cancer, but was a survivor. When ...

Several Acharonim resolve the matter by ruling that if the recipient is needy, it becomes a tzedakah pledge so that we are stringent to interpret the commitment for as long as he ...

Dr. Wallace Greene has taught in NY/NJ universities, was the principal of the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, founded the Sinai Schools, lobbied Trenton with the Archdiocese to pass the law allowing ...

Shimon Mercer-Wood is spokesperson and consul for media affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York.

Rabbi Sender Haber is the rabbi of B'nai Israel Congregation in Norfolk, VA where he lives with his wife and four children. Since moving to Norfolk fourteen years ago as a founding member of the ...

Ephraim Meth is the rav of Congregation Ahavas Achim in Fairfield, CT. He is a Rosh Chaburah and sho’eil u'maishiv at Yeshiva University, as well as a Kupietsky Kodshim Fellow at Yeshiva University’s ...

Surrounded by caring staff, doting close friends, and beaming loved ones, it was a festive party that few assisted living facilities have the honor and opportunity to experience.

If we have wronged someone, it is essential to seek their forgiveness before turning to Hashem.

It’s the rebuke that stings: Tachat asher lo avadta et Hashem Elokecha b’simcha u’vtuv levav “Because you did not serve Hashem your G-d with joy and gladness of heart…” ( Devarim 28:47). Not for ...

The navi Yishayahu compares the return of Am Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael as doves who return to their home. The navi continues and describes how the gates of Israel will be open day and night for Jews to ...

Gratitude does not just lead to joy. Gratitude produces joy. By tracing our blessings back through time, we cultivate the emotional soil in which joy grows.