September 2020

(Insights for Rosh Hashana) Imagine the world’s wealthiest investor finally gives you a meeting, after you’ve waited an entire year for meaningful face-time. You know… Read More »High Holidays & Sound Investments

All beginnings are hard… Rashi I once asked a young Rosh HaYeshiva about a phenomenon that I found to be at odds with a famous… Read More »The Beginning of a New Beginning

BS”D Volume 34, No. 47 1 Tishrei 5781 September 19, 2020 Although Rosh Hashanah is a Yom Tov like Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, it is… Read More »Hashem Is Here

The good which is reserved (lit., ‘hidden’) for the righteous is the life of the World to Come. This is the eternal life (lit., ‘the… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 1(b) – The Coming of the End, Part II

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 30-31: The Big Picture

The verse says in Psalms [89:16], “Happy is the nation that knows the Teruah, the sound of the Shofar.” Rav Tzvi E. Hertzberg zt”l asks,… Read More »The Long Distance Call

This Dvar Torah was adapted from remarks made by Rabbi Yissocher Frand on Erev Rosh Hashanna many years ago. K’siva V’chasima Tova! In Tractate Brochos… Read More »Thoughts for Erev Rosh Hashana

I believe that all of us can agree that this year the awesome days of Rosh Hashana will be different than in past years. Many… Read More »This Year’s Rosh Hashana is Different

A discussion of Halachic topics related to the Parsha of the week. For final rulings, consult your Rav. One of the most important mitzvos of… Read More »A Basic Understanding Of The Tekios

The repetitive nature of everything associated with Rosh Hashanah is noteworthy. During the entire month of Elul, we blow the shofar at the end of… Read More »Knock, Knock!