It's the Season for Growth! Ah Gutten Erev Pesach! We hope your cleaning and cooking and shopping all went smoothly and that somewhere, somehow, you've […]
READ MOREB”H Souls Magazine I am always on the lookout for commentaries in Torah literature that connect the Parsha of the Week, or the Yom Tov […]
READ MOREIn contrast to the intense individual preparations for Pesach, from the second night of Pesach, we begin the slow and purposeful climb to Matan Torah. […]
READ MOREHow an Internal War in Egypt Amongst Goyim Led to Shabbos Hagadol This coming Shabbos is Shabbos Hagadol, (The Great Shabbos) which commemorates the […]
READ MORERosh Chodesh Elul ushers in one of the most potent times of the Jewish year. A season of reflection and introspection. It is a time […]
READ MOREToday is Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (ר״ח תמוז). Tammuz has a special designation as the “hot season”. The Gemara in Shabbos speaks about a donkey, that […]
READ MOREThis year, Pesach begins on מוצאי שבת, which means that Shabbos Hagadol falls earlier in the day. Shabbos Hagadol is a mysterious kind of day, […]
READ MOREWe know that in ארץ ישראל (Israel) they are already celebrating the coming of spring because ט״ו בשבט (Tu B’Shvat) has arrived, and as the […]
READ MORELast week we began looking at the personal life of the Rambam from a historical perspective. We addressed the fact that as a child, the […]
READ MOREWith פרשת ויחי, we reach the end of the first of the five חומשים. In the entire תורה, there are two פרשיות that stand out […]
READ MORETrivia question: Other than Rosh Hashana, which holiday is celebrated on exactly the same day in Israel and around the world? Answer: Chanukah What an […]
READ MOREב״ה Last week, I read an article in the November issue Exodus Magazine by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks,ע״ה, that I wanted to apply to my educational […]
READ MOREToday is י״א חשון, the Yahrtzeit of רחל אמנו, coined by some as the Jewish Mother’s Day. Inspired by an article by Rabbi Yitzchok Ginsburgh, […]
READ MOREShemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah are not dates that I usually write about. With my new marketing team, I am so grateful that they do […]
READ MOREToday is כ״ה אלול, the anniversary of the Creation of the World. Yes, Rosh Hashana is the anniversary of the creation of man. It seems […]
READ MOREEven though we all know that פסח is coming, with all of us at home, it almost seems surreal in a sense. Today is ראש […]
READ MOREBy the time we bless the new month of Adar, I am usually knee deep in both Purim and Pesach preparations, but this year it […]
READ MOREIn the year 2448, Moshe Rabeinu was busy from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur. With what? Until now, I did not give it much […]
READ MOREWe are in the days between Pesach and Pesach Sheini, the second Pesach. No, it is not anything to be anxious about, because the only […]
READ MOREB”H The Chanukah Story: A Character Review Everyone knows about the Chanukah story, the players, the war, the victory, and the oil. While researching for […]
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