Featured Articles, In Memoriam Mrs. Pearl Kaufman a”h Rabbi Zvi Belsky October 30, 2024 “Mrs. Kaufman, I envy your Olam Haba. I’m a rosh yeshiva and can be replaced, but you can never be replaced.” These are the
Featured Articles Are You Just Feeding Kosher Food to a Dog? Rabbi Zvi Belsky May 22, 2024 Mrs. Zelda Nemes a”h taught Dikduk at Manhattan High School for Girls. My wife was her student and she shared with me a
Featured Articles Have You Commissioned a Feasibility Study Rabbi Zvi Belsky January 31, 2024 The Gemara (Shabbos 88a) relates a story. An apikorus observed Rava while he was studying Torah. He saw that Rava was so deeply
Featured Articles Our Father, Our Best Friend The Only One Who Really Understands Rabbi Zvi Belsky January 4, 2024 Someone once went to visit the yeshiva in Kfar Chasidim, where Rav Eliyohu Lopian was the mashgiach. When he returned, his friends asked
Featured Articles Holy Pain and Longing for Hashem Rabbi Zvi Belsky December 20, 2023 My brother-in-law, Rav Benzion Berl, shared with me an observation he saw quoted in the name of Rav Shmuel Auerbach. Rav Shmuel said
Featured Articles The Torah Can Become Your Best Friend Rabbi Zvi Belsky December 6, 2023 Rav Yeruchem Olshin, rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoah, addressed a recent hachnosas Sefer Torah and shared the following story. Reb Shneur Olshin,
Featured Articles The Toil, The Results, The Reward, and The Winning Attitude Rabbi Zvi Belsky November 29, 2023 At the beginning of Parshas Vayeitzei (Bereishis 28:17), Rashi says that Yaakov Avinu traveled out of Eretz Yisroel all the way to Choron
Featured Articles A Pure Heart and Doing Our Absolute Best Rabbi Zvi Belsky September 13, 2023 Rabbi Aryeh Leib Joseph of Bikur Cholim of Cleveland shared with me a short video that he received two weeks ago. In it, a
Featured Articles A Complete & Consistent Life Rabbi Zvi Belsky August 3, 2023 This past Friday night, three people separately shared with me stories and divrei Torah, words of chizuk and inspiration. As it turns out, all
Featured Articles In Any Place and at Any Time Rabbi Zvi Belsky May 17, 2023 We always read Parshas Bamidbar before Shavuos. A number of reasons are given for this. The Bais Avrohom of Slonim explains that the main