September 2020

The sun is already beginning to set in the western sky. As the precious final minutes of the holiest day of the year slip away,… Read More »Jonah’s Dilemma

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! And let the earth hear the words of my mouth! (Devarim 32:1) ONE OF THE most famous stories… Read More »Day In The Sun

“Seek out Hashem when He can be found…” (Yeshaya 55:6) The ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are referred to by our Sages… Read More »The Healer Is On-Call

The Mitzvah The Torah explains how “This mitzvah that I command you today – it is not hidden from you and it is not distant…Rather,… Read More »Teshuvah: Changes

Yom Kippur, the ultimate day of repentance, has the Jewish nation simultaneously praying, fasting and asking for forgiveness. It begins with the somber, quiet, and… Read More »Call to Arms

Yosef said to his brothers, “I am Yosef! Is my father still alive?” His brothers were so startled that they could not respond. (Bereshith 45:3)… Read More »Inconsistencies

QUESTION 65: EATING KIDDUSH LEFTOVERS There was a kiddush (a light community meal in honor of a special occasion) in shul for a Bar Mitzvah… Read More »Eating Kiddush Leftovers

Based on material from: Our Bodies, Our Souls, by Tsiporah Heller (Targum/Feldheim, publisher) As the title, “Glimpses of Jewish Femininity” suggests, this series touches on… Read More »Glimpses of Jewish Femininity Part II

It is not customary for women to recite Tachanun. Some explain that the reason for this is similar to the reason that women do not… Read More »Women and Tachanun

Somewhere in the darkest bowels of the Smithsonian Museum there has been a box laying, gathering dust for many years. It turns out that in… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Five