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Hakadosh Boruch Hu looked at the Torah and created the world (Bereishis Rabbah 1:2). The Torah is the blueprint of the world. Because there...

For many reasons, I generally try to vary these columns, certainly not repeating a subject or topic from one week to another. However, this...

There is one force that we love to hate, but it is a crucial part of our lives. I speak, of course, of the...

The lights did not go on in Heichal Hatarbut that evening. The sounds of music and singing weren’t heard and the stars did not...

Shabbos is under fire once again, this time sadly in our beloved Eretz Yisroel. After risking our lives to maintain its kedusha in foreign...

The rosh yeshiva was in a quandary. What was he going to do? Rav Yisroel Grossman, mechaber of seforim and close confidant of Rav...

I don’t usually write about the parsha for this newspaper; I reserve that for my shul bulletin, drashos and Chumash shiurim, and there are...

My sukkah is still up, but that is not the only reason I was thinking about this topic. I was recently struck by a...

“Our forefather Avrohom was tested with 10 trials, and he withstood them all, to show the degree of our forefather Avrohom’s love for Hashem...

At various times over the past few weeks, we wished each other “ah gezunten vinter – may you have a healthy winter.” What do...

Find a full Yom Tov menu in the week’s Y Magazine. Here’s the dessert to top it off.

It is perfectly natural for children and teenagers to be envious of a classmate or friend who always dresses according to the latest styles...

One of the great tzaddikim who lived in the early part of the 19th century was Rav Leib of Telz. The Vilna Gaon said...

“Go eat rich foods and drink sweet beverages, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, for today is sacred to our L-rd....

Rosh Hashanah makes many demands of us. In Mussaf alone – the longest of the year – we go back to creation and contemplate...

Yes this dessert has many steps. Yes each step is important (so don’t cut corners if you want the cake to be...

This had never happened to me before. It was but a small matter, and now I can laugh about it, but at the time,...

The first feeling was shock. Terrible, heart-rending shock. How could Lakewood, and so many beyond Lakewood, carry on without Rav Shlomo Gissinger zt”l? His...

Returning from summer camp brings with it a bag of mixed emotions. There is a feeling of pride that we were zoche to make...

Last week, as Elul was approaching, I found myself on a plane traveling to the chasunah of a dear friend and former congregant. I...