Being Sorry // A reflection on teshuvah
It’s been a long time since then, but I distinctly remember my son sitting in the corner after he’d done something he shouldn’t have...
When Hashem Has Us Covered // Delving into the meaning of...
The most common translation of Yom Kippur is “Day of Atonement.” Others may use the term “Day of Forgiveness.” But what is the
etymology of...
Rescuing Rebbe Nachman // The never-before-told story of the international effort...
Kiev, 2018
he government complex in Kiev is filled with checkpoints. Stern-faced policemen question all vehicles that enter the area. Flags fly in the breeze...
LunchBreak with Zvi Bar-Sheshet, Shofarot Israel Bar-Sheshet Ribak
Zvi Bar-Sheshet can talk about shofars all day. It’s literally in his blood.
The Bar-Sheshet and Ribak families have a long and proud pedigree with...
JTank – The Jewish Version of SharkTank
Next into the Tank is Shmuel Kasper, who is planning to revolutionize the world of hair extensions with a new type that takes the...
A time of Remembrance // An inspiring visit with the...
If you wander through any graveyard, as I am recently wont to do, you will find a plethora of old gravestones making the same...
Arthur Conan Doyle and the case of the Scottish Dreyfus Affair...
Oscar Joseph Leschziner (aka Otto Slater) was born to observant Jewish parents, but he spurned religious life from an early age on. Although his...
Between Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi & Brisk
While I’ve been in the Bayit Vegan home of Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi before, the venerable rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and distinguished...
A visit with the renowned mashpia Rav Shalom Arush, shlita
To my surprise and delight, on this crystal-clear summer day outside the Jerusalem home of Rav Shalom Arush I happen upon his renowned disciple,...
Yerushalayim Shel Ma’alah // A riveting and wide-ranging conversation with Rav...
‘‘There was once a young chasidishe bachur who was wandering around the unseemly areas of Yerushalayim. When some askanim came to tell my father...
