With tremendous simcha and achdus, the talmidim of Oholei Torah Cheder gathered today for a grand Siyum HaRambam, marking the ...

I had never been to this particular shul before, this renovated hospital turned into a synagogue about two miles from where I grew up in Brooklyn. Nor had I ever prayed with chasidim. But the ...

As we noted in our last column, each of the first two paragraphs of Shema includes a verse commanding us to teach Torah to children. The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer (the Rebbe Rashab, ...

His father-in-law passed away 76 years ago. Chassidim implored the son-in-law to become Rebbe, but he refused. Finally, a ...

Torah learning benefits the student in both this world and beyond. Mishna Zayin succinctly captures this: “Torah is great, for it grants life in this world and the next.” This dual reward underscores ...

It was a muggy summer morning in Melbourne, Australia. Following the Shachris (morning) service, my fellow rabbinical students and I made our way to the yeshiva dining room. Knowing that we wouldn’t ...

TORAH! TORAH! TORAH! Three of the Rebbe's Riders (from front), Moshe Reitman, Yossi Wolfson and Eli Zissman, help fellow biking Jews who might have strayed from the righteous road. Photos:Matthew ...

I will not write about Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, the Novominsker Rebbe, who passed away suddenly this morning. I will not write about him because I simply cannot, for several reasons. First of all, my ...

Masechet Avot originally consisted of five perakim. To continue its study on the sixth Shabbat between Pesach and Shavuot, a sixth perek was added to the masechet. As that Shabbat generally falls out ...