Seven Spheres
How does the act of counting serve as a cleansing agent? What is the meaning of the prayer’s reference to “today’s Sefirah”? And what is the “Omer” in “Sefiras Ha’omer”?
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Day of Reckoning
We can only begin to decipher the disturbing scenes of Wednesday’s lethal raid on the Capitol by asking the right questions: What allowed these events to morph from the unthinkable to reality?
Day of Reckoning
How do police, entrusted with crowd control, make their split-second decisions in the face of a violent rioting mob? Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Patrol Lieutenant Steve Riback shares some of the behind-the scenes training protocol and other tools to keep the fear away and his colleagues safe
Food that Packs
Netzach In his masterful commentary on the siddur, Rav Shimon Schwab tells of a group of Jews being taken to their deaths by the Nazis. A gadol among them suggested a particular tefillah to recite as their last words before they were murdered. Surprisingly, it wasn’t Shema Yisrael. Instead, he chose the paragraphs that immediately
Food that Packs
Netzach In his masterful commentary on the siddur, Rav Shimon Schwab tells of a group of Jews being taken to their deaths by the Nazis. A gadol among them suggested a particular tefillah to recite as their last words before they were murdered. Surprisingly, it wasn’t Shema Yisrael. Instead, he chose the paragraphs that immediately
Front Row Seat
“A groisse shkoyach. mamush, a groise mitzvah hot ir gehat”
Front Row Seat
Whenever Rabbi Whittow had to buy a new car, the Rosh Yeshivah told him to weigh only two considerations
Calculated Risk
A confident parent isn’t afraid of the question and therefore doesn’t panic
Calculated Risk
It’s not my responsibility to fix anyone — not even my child or my spouse
Impressions
Why, wondered Rabbi Yishai Kalfa, were there no English seforim highlighting the chashivus of Eretz Yisrael?
Impressions
The Last Slave is a story of redemption — and so was the process that got us to the finish line
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