Dear Friends: As we get ourselves ready for the New Year and what will hopefully be a beautiful and uplifting Rosh Hashana for all of us,...

The Key Ingredient A Good Chodesh! Let’s start with a few questions about the wording of "על הניסים": "כשעמדה מלכות יון הרשעה…להשכיחם...

The Key Ingredient There is a common misconception regarding the name and significance of this month of Cheshvan. Many assume that the...

The Key Ingredient When deciding on a Yeshiva nowadays, it is obvious that the ability to forge close relationships with Rebbeim is high...

The Torah tell us ויחן שם ישראל נגד ההר that the Jewish people encamped across the mountain and Rashi says כאיש אחד בלב אחד as one person...

“Time is the only commodity we have that the more of it you spend, the richer you become.” Dearest Talmidim, I write this as I am waiting...

Getting Comfortable with our New Environment For many, Pesach time presents the opportunities and challenges of being in a new...

Kabalas HaTorah Everyday The famous Gemara in Masechet Shabbos 88a describes as follows: Rav Acha Bar Yakov claims that because HaShem...

My in-laws are the only religious Jews in their building in Jerusalem. One of the apartments in their building is owned by a woman who...

Dear Talmidim, A gutten Chodesh Shevat! Every month is characterized by the Yomim Tovim that are contained within it. The Yom Tov of Tu...

In this week’s Parsha Miketz, Reuven turns to the shvatim and states: הלוא אמרתי אליכם לאמור אל תחטאו בילד ולא שמעתם וגם דמו הנה נדרש...

In Parshas Toldos, we see something interesting in the psukim. The Torah states that Avraham is the father of Yitzhak.... uh ya, we...

Real Greatness We tend to consider the physical world the “real” world. When we talk about Yad Hashem for instance we think that the real...

Shalom Aleichim, I look forward to meeting all the past/present students and parents who make up this wonderful family. What a great...