Doing It All: The World of the Baal HaBayis

Life is challenging, for everyone.  So much to do, so little time.  This is arguably even more of an issue in the complex world of the contemporary baal habayis, with a larger family and numerous religious obligations and goals.  The struggle to meet the challenge can...

The Growing Kol Shofar

Second Day of Rosh Hashana Last summer one of our members – together with members of his family in Israel and elsewhere – decided to study Mishna in memory of the three boys who were brutally kidnapped and murdered.  They learned the books of (masechtos) Shevi’is and...

Life is Good: The Secret of the Chafetz Chaim

Kol Nidrei In loving memory of Mrs. Bess Krivitisky, Pesha bas Harav Chaim Rafael, who passed away Shabbos January 2, 2016, at the age of 100, and to whom every word of this message applied. This year, I officiated at funerals of three people who lived more than 100...

Four Points for Renewal

Jewish life throughout the generations has been punctuated by upheaval, by trends and events that threatened the basic fabric of Jewish life and family. The symptoms of these trends could be observed in the significant number of defections of young Jewish men and...