A nyone who has been to a Jewish wedding is familiar with the dilemma. There are a lot of esteemed guests, but a limited number of kibbudim. How should one decide who is deserving of adulation and kavod? Thankfully, the Jewish community has discovered a solution — just invent new kibbudim. With more kavod to go
S hul is for davening — mostly. But after the shiurim, at the Kiddush, and bein gavra l’gavra there are always a few individuals who use their time in shul to show off their intellectual prowess. So next time your conversation morphs into what feels like an advanced graduate seminar, there’s a good chance you’re
S ometimes it feels like the only people who get recognition in shul are the rabbi, the chazzanim, and the president. Today we salute you, the unsung heroes of our shuls. Here are my top five unsung heroes of the synagogue: Shul Security Chairman Standing outside of the entrance to many shuls is
T hrough all of the vicissitudes of a great derashah, our readers were still behooved to add an additional five. After all, the epitome of a great drashah is one which juxtaposes great Torah ideas with even greater vocabulary words. My list had some lacunas, so here are another five: Myriad When “thousands”
For Rav Yehuda Zev Segal ztz”l, the Manchester Rosh Yeshivah, the most seemingly insignificant event became a mussar lesson. Twenty-five years after his petirah, talmidim still integrate those messages
J ewish companies like Manischewitz and Rokeach are not the only providers of products for the Jewish community. Sometimes a non-Jewish company’s products become adopted and beloved by the Jewish community — often unbeknownst to the company itself. I submitted my top five products several weeks ago. Here are the top five reader submissions: Magic
