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In honor of his yahrtzeit on 7 Cheshvan When he was Rav in Pietrkov, Harav Mordechai Tzvi Shtalberg, z”l, a talmid of Harav Meir Shapiro, zt”l, related: After the Rav…
‘She should cry. Crying should help.’ Guidance about technology from Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, Rosh Hayeshivah, Yeshivas Ponevezh An opportunity to speak with a revered Torah leader whose words…
A message from the Nadvorna Rebbe, shlita We merited a special conversation with the Nadvorna Rebbe, shlita, in his beis medrash in Bnei Brak, in which he enlightened us on…
The mystique behind a 600-year-old treasure Erev Shabbos, 29 Av — Friday, August 5, 1842. Over the din of bustling servants, the elderly Shlomo von Rothschild motions for his son…
An exclusive talk with Rabbanit [Carole] Raful and her family, survivors of the hijacking. Sukkos 5731 (1970). The talmidim gathered in the sukkah as they had every year, waiting anxiously…
The scenario has played out in several new neighborhoods that have attracted an influx of people from different backgrounds. As the residents begin forming the infrastructure of a kehillah, decisions…
It’s been a while! Eleven years since Rosh Hashanah last fell on a Shabbos. Each time it occurs we are astounded by the extraordinary gezeirah of Chazal enjoining us to…
A couple of years after graduating from yeshivah high school and not finding satisfaction in the restaurant business or in teaching phys-ed, I decided to give learning another chance. The…
Like many girls her age, Sarah Polter* had a job offer practically the day she landed from seminary. The company’s reputation was solid, it offered decent pay, hands-on training and…
The Misplaced Prague Mailbag of Nov. 22, 1619 If historians of tomorrow would one day stumble across some of the phone recordings, Zoom meetings, and email exchanges of today, what…
Her Journeys From France to Eretz Yisrael, Gibraltar and London Artist Hava Sebbag (née Fhima) has led an interesting life in several parts of the world. She was born in…
Bruno Dey was just 17 years old when he stood guard atop a watchtower in the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig, Poland. His recent conviction in a German court for…
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…