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All About Résumés and Facial Profiling Shmuel started shidduchim at the age of 23. Within a few weeks, there were more than a hundred girls’ résumés in his mother’s inbox.…
The wedding hall canceled due to the coronavirus shutdown — what now? While most young couples successfully relocated their chasunos to backyards, driveways and living rooms, on Wednesday, March 18,…
I am awaiting the chasunah of my first grandchild and, at the time of this writing, have no idea where and when it will be. What I do know is…
V’yachanu … Bein Migdol U’vein Hayam (Beshalach 14:2) Twelve Shevatim — Twelve Paths “L’gozer Yam Suf l’gezarim — He split the Yam Suf into segments” (Tehillim 136:13). The Midrash Tanchuma says…
The Multifaceted Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Marcus Meir Lehmann Mention the name Marcus Lehmann and you’ll get the immediate response, “I grew up with his novels!” Thrilling titles such as…
It was the first Pesach after I got married, and I was a bit apprehensive about spending the Sedarim with my in-laws. As much as they always made me feel…
“Behold, a ladder was stationed on the ground and its top reached the heavens…” (Bereishis 28:12). The Torah tells us how in his dream, Yaakov Avinu beheld a ladder rooted…
As Harav Avraham Pam, zt”l, would begin his shmuess for Parashas Mishpatim, he would relate that there had been a minhag in Europe that on this Shabbos, when the parashah…
There is a prevailing notion that our entire biological existence is predetermined by our DNA. This dates back to 1953, when two scientists in Cambridge, U.K., discovered the structure of…
The baal tefillah has already finished the Seder Avodah of Yom Kippur, and the tearful rendition of the Asarah Harugei Malchus has concluded. Kohanim, standing at the front of the…
The storm raged as torrents of rain cascaded down from the sky. Rabbi Yonason Bleier left his office and retired for the night, expecting to return to continue with his…
“Every sefer Torah has its own mazel,” says Mr. Bentzion Chanowitz, proprietor of the Bais Yisroel Torah Gemach and Torah Loan Society in Brooklyn, New York. Chanowitz should know, having…
Upon entering the court of the Chernobyler Rebbe, Harav Menachem Nachum Twersky, shlita, in Bnei Brak, one is taken back to a chassidic court of old, a place of…
Budapest. A city that evokes nostalgia in anyone of Hungarian descent. We might be the third or fourth generation living in another country, and yet the sentiment of an “Ungarisher…
The central role of family in Jewish life is obvious. The “Yiddishe Mamme” is not only a world-class melody, it expresses a mindset. It is worthwhile to explore whether our…
A Conversation With Hagaon Harav Yitzchok Zilberstein The Bendiner Rav said, “You make a small effort, and Above there will be an effort on your behalf.” Harav Yitzchok Zilberstein, one of…
“Ulekachtem lachem pri etz hadar…” The Torah does not specify the exact species of fruit that is taken on Sukkos, yet the Rambam in his introduction to Pirush Hamishnayos writes…
Harav Elya Brudny, Shlita, Shares His Insights by Rabbi Binyomin Zev Karman with Rabbi Avraham Y. Heschel During Elul zman in yeshivos around the world, the Roshei Yeshivah and Maggidei Shiur…
The hazzan stands by the amud in the center of the Knesset surrounded by his two somchim, who assist him during designated parts of the prayers. Like Moshe Rabbeinu, Aharon…
By: Sara Lehmann An Addiction to Shidduchim At any given time, I can be found trying to make shidduchim. The operative word here is “trying.” Because while I continually set…