Sitting in the armchair next to mine, my husband ran his fingers under the words in his open gemara. How can he concentrate on anything? I thought to myself, feeling jealous. I watched the...

She’s not exactly the person to go to for business advice, despite having built up a multimillion dollar business, simply because Rivka Rose’s road to success is, by her own admission, beyond unlikely. In...

Tzatziki Sauce: 1½ cups Warfare Dairy-Free Sour Cream 1 clove garlic Juice and zest of 1 lemon ½ cup mint leaves, chopped Salt, to taste Shaved cucumber Lamb Skewers: 1 pound ground lamb 3 tablespoons pine nuts 1 cup mint leaves, chopped 2-3 scallions, finely...

An American poet once said: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” This perceptive statement is all the more true when it...

When a shidduch is meant to be, it will happen—even if the shadchan tries to stop it in its tracks. Shlomo Hamelech, the wisest of all men, tried to test this theory and famously placed...

My family’s home in Modi’in contains a library of very old sefarim, its shelves filled with worn and delicate manuscripts. There are ancient sefarim that date back to the earliest days of the printing...

Thirteen-year-old Miri Feldbaum* was at the doctor’s office for her annual visit, doing as she was directed: Hold your breath. Open your mouth wide. Stand on the scale. Bend over. At the last one,...

⅔ cup hot water 1 lemon ginger tea bag ⅓ cup unfiltered apple juice, at room temperature ⅓ cup unsweetened cranberry juice (if using sweetened, omit honey), at room temperature 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice ¼ to ½ teaspoon...

As winter rains flow from Tel Dan and the Banias to fill Lake Kinneret, this abundant water has special meaning for Teverya’s burgeoning Torah community, whose lakeside location as one of Judaism’s four holy...

Having grown up in Toronto, I am quite familiar with its frum community. All of us Torontonians know each other, and there’s a nice “out-of-town vibe” there. It’s rare for me to find a...