I think my beard is sufficiently white to qualify me to offer some random suggestions for parents/grandparents of little people. A tactic that helped one of our children, when he was very young, to internalize...

Serves: 10 Ingredients 2½ lbs. potatoes (about 5), peeled and cubed ½ stick (4 tablespoons) butter, divided 1 large onion, diced 1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste 2 eggs ½ cup potato starch 1 (8-oz.) bag shredded Muenster cheese, divided 16 oz. broccoli florets 16 oz. cauliflower...

When Israeli Dr. Hila Haelyon, who was adopted as a child, gave birth for the first time, she tells me she noticed herself behaving in ways that were different from the other women in...

There is perhaps no Rebbe-chasid relationship more intriguing than the one that bound the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe, Rav Shmuel Yaakov Kohn, with the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. The avodah of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe—indeed,...

One of the more colorful and charismatic members of the Brisker dynasty was undoubtedly the rosh yeshivah, Rav Yechiel Michel Feinstein (1906–2003), the father of Rav Chaim Feinstein, my revered host. Orphaned of his...

I am sitting in front of a huge screen, watching high-definition drone footage of a group of men dressed in traditional Yerushalmi garb walking among Palestinians, inspecting various fields and orchards. Some security personnel lag...

As the plane touches down on the tarmac, the passengers on board break out into thunderous applause. They aren’t just clapping their hands, they are roaring and cheering as loudly as possible. We have...

It’s intriguing. Three words are used to refer to yetzias Mitzrayim (yetziah, geirush and shiluach; see, for examples, Shemos, 20:2, 11:1 and 8:17). And they are the very same words used, as well, to...

Yields: 2 (7-inch) round pans or 1 (10-inch) round pan Dacquoise 7 egg whites ¾ cup plus ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided 1½ cups almond flour or ground almonds ½ cup minus 1 tablespoon potato starch Powdered sugar, to dust Vanilla...

Yields: 1 (9-inch) round cake or 12 individual cakes 10–11 oz. quality dark chocolate 1 tablespoon quality granulated coffee 10 large eggs, separated ¼ cup sugar plus ⅓ cup sugar, divided 2 tablespoons coffee or chocolate liqueur 4 tablespoons chopped...