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A Shabbos Of Olam HaBa With Dirshu
By Chaim Gold “A unique koach of Dirshu is that it not only gives a person OlamHaBa, it also gives a person phenomenal Olam HaZeh.” These were the powerful words of RavYechiel Michel Steinmetz,...
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By Chanita Teitz Déjà vu; holding my newest grandson, I have a strong sense of having done this before with other grandchildren, but even more so, I feel nostalgic, remembering my own children as...
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Tidbits From Israel By Ron Jager Most critics of Prime Minister Netanyahu had recommended voting for center-left political parties under the assumption that there are no longer any real differences in...
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Sarah Schenirer’s Unfulfilled Legacy
Girls from TAG Machon Sarah at the Sarah Schenirer yahrzeit event By Rabbi Yair Hoffman They were a group of forgotten neshamos. An entire segment of KlalYisrael that was neglected. No one cared about...
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Men At Work
Rabbi Yisrael Aharon Weiss,Spinka Rebbe By Larry Gordon Just as the snow is disappearing from our sidewalks and streets, these men begin to show up in droves, a sure sign that Pesach is rapidly...
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My Journey
Anorexia: The Hidden Disease Michele Herenstein By Michele Herenstein I’m a foodie. I love food. From pareve kishke in my chulent to pizza to deli roll to chocolate-chip cookies (Zomick’s large...
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It’s Finally Over
After his victory in the election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Kotelto express his gratitude. He is pictured here with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbiof the Kotel, and staff. By...
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The Zilberman Method: Innovation In Torah Education
Machberes: Inside The Chassidish And Yeshivish World By Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum Last week’s parashah, ParashasVayikra, is what little boys are first taught. Usually, when the little boy gets his first...
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24th Annual Red Sarachek Memorial Tournament
Yeshiva University’s 24th annual Red Sarachek Memorial Basketball Tournament took place this past weekend. Twenty yeshiva high-school varsity basketball teams from around the country are invited to...
View ArticlePractical Tips For Parenting Your iTeen
By Temima Feldman The phone will never ring quite the same way again once the inevitable moment arrives: your teen has successfully won you over on the tiresome but convincing debate of “everyone has a...
View ArticleThoughts On The Tragedy In Brooklyn
By Rabbi David Bibi Sephardic Congregation Benai Asher It was the first of Nissan, the anniversary of the dedication of the Mishkan, the wedding day between Hashem and the Jewish people. It was Friday...
View ArticleSassoon Father Mourns Seven Children At Jerusalem Burial
By Ari Soffer Hundreds of mourners were in attendance Monday afternoon as the father of seven children from the same family who died in a tragic accident over Shabbat issued a tearful eulogy at the...
View ArticlePesach Expenses
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman A colleague recently mentioned that their total family food bill for Pesach amounts to some $6,000. While it is correct that one should have more delicacies on...
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By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Chofetz Chaim Torah Center At the conclusion of the Seder this year, when my family sings the piyut of “Echad Ani Yodei’a,” when it comes to the stanza of “Shivah Mi Yodei’a,”...
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He’s My Brother
By Larry Gordon Shabbos HaGadol is here, and there may never have been a bigger or more important one than this. There is so much to say, contemplate, and internalize. At the same time, there is so...
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March Madness
Surviving The Pre-Pesach Crunch By Sandy Eller Countless articles have been written about the beauty and spirituality of Pesach, of the deep connection between ridding both your heart and your home of...
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By Larry Gordon The struggle to identify not just what it is to be a committed Jew but the definitional nature of Judaism itself is on the line. And between now and April 30, it is in our hands to...
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By Five Towns Marriage Initiative The main theme of the yom tov of Pesach is freedom. Pesach marks the redemption of the Jewish nation from their exile in Egypt and their transformation from slavery to...
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Zoo Torah
Rabbi Nachum Nachumson, a second-grade rebbi at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, created a beautiful display featuring miniatures of the various animals suitable for korbanos as described in Parashas Vayikra.
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Anorexia: The Hidden Disease, Part 3 By Michele Herenstein Before continuing my own tale, I read a bit about anorexia in the Jewish community. This might be surprising, but “it is a commonly held...
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