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By Y. Strauss Thursday night, “leil shishi mishmar,” has a special place in the heart of every mesivta bachur. Add the words “off Shabbos,” and the feelings it evokes are even more powerful. Most spend the time learning into the night. Sometimes they use the time to catch up with old chaveirim, discuss […]
Read MoreBy Reuvain Borchardt Here’s some good news for those who regularly endure insufferable traffic on Cross Street: Ocean County has announced a plan to widen the street to five lanes – two in each direction, plus a center lane for left turns — along its entire length from Route 9 to East Veterans […]
Read MoreHis inspiration is Torah. His tools are the midrashim. Artist and author Rabbi Yonah Weinrib has spent a lifetime illuminating the Word of Hashem. By Reuvain Borchardt On a nondescript street, in a converted garage attached to an anachronistic ranch house in this duplex boomtown, one of Lakewood’s newest residents is hard at […]
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By Shoshana Gross Every year as Shavuos approaches, we renew the beauty of the promise we made at Har Sinai. And just as we all accepted the Torah at the foot of the mountain, every member of Klal Yisrael should be able to savor the words of Hashem’s gift. When Rabbi Dovid Newman first […]
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It’s 6:20 a.m. One by one, the chaburah members make their way to their seats at the two long, narrow tables in the shul. It may be early, but the participants are clearly energized and motivated. And it’s not the Keurig-brewed coffee that is generating their excitement. The 25 men assembled at the shul in […]
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By: Shoshana Gross Prologue Once upon a time, there was a story called “normal,” full of homework and laundry, sedarim and suppers, dishes and bedtime. Until… Dishes became diagnosis. Supper became struggle. And normal became nightmare. It’s a story so many people never imagine writing. And when Chai Lifeline becomes part of the narrative, […]
Read MoreBy Reuvain Borchardt The tariffs are on. The tariffs are off. Tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Canada retaliates. Trump retaliates in turn. Canada backs off. Trump backs off. “April 2, Liberation Day” Tariffs back off, except on China. Tariffs on China 145 percent, except on electronics. Dow loses a thousand points. Dow gains a […]
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The second month of the year is Iyar, following Nissan, the rosh chodashim. In the yotzros for Parshas Hachodesh, the verse states that Nissan is a month sheyeshuos bo makifos, literally, following one another. The months of Adar and Nissan are months of redemption and salvation, as they contain Purim and Pesach. Another interpretation of […]
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By Reuvain Borchardt “The oilam is missing the boat in what’s going on the world today,” the rav says. “The Ramban at the end of Parshas Bo says that all the nissim of Yetzias Mitzrayim were to counteract the various kefirah theories that had developed in the world since Dor Enosh. The […]
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Avrohom Leffler Wine, matzah, and… dialectics? Yes! Dialectics can be a huge part of the Pesach process, whether in regard to preparation or being able to enjoy the Yom Tov itself. But what is dialectics? I know it sounds like a really exotic and sophisticated word, but is it a real word? And can it really […]
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