Protecting Your Children

How to properly prepare ourselves and our children for the summer: A frank discussion. Engaged parents make all the difference in the life of a child. The nature of contemporary society has made engaged parenting all the more challenging, as the increasing demands on...

Kohanim and Slogans

On the third of November, 1953, two rabbis walked their children down to the Chuppah, to be united in marriage. Each of these rabbis was to have a significant impact on the future of orthodoxy in America. Each lived his life with a three-word powerful guiding...

What on Earth is Holiness?

I will not soon forget the experience of Yom Hazikaron in Israel. The day is not simply a memorial to Israel’s fallen; it is a day in which the country celebrates the value of national service. Whether in emotional communal events, or in the pilgrimage of thousands to...

Sefirah, Redemption and Striving for G-d

What we call Sefer Shemos is referred to by our Sages as the Sefer HaGeulah, the Book of Redemption, or more commonly – Exodus.  While this is an appropriate description of the book’s first half, its second half seems to veer off into an entirely different...

The Seder Companion

The notes below distill the fundamental goals and purpose of the Pesach Haggadah. They are meant to be basic but thorough, a starting point for a clear understanding of the Haggadah’s magnificent structure and content. Please do not read them all at once as an article...