The Rebbetzin's Husband

Pirkei Avot (5:22) says of the Torah, "Turn it over and turn it over, for all is in it." As an American living in Canada, who is r...

One of the features in the weekly Toronto Torah produced by our Beit Midrash is a column on the haftorah. We begin with a description of the...

A few years ago, I posted an article on-line about the gezeirah/minhag called "kitniyos", under which Ashkenazi Jews of the past 7...

I did the weekly three-minute parshah video for the kollel this week; hope my cold isn't too obvious: Here is the quote from Rav Zalman ...

[ The following post was my contribution to this week's Toronto Torah, which is downloadable here ; enjoy! ] Am I doomed to play out my ...

[ This week’s Haveil Havalim is here ] The more I think about the scandals of Rabbi Elon this past week, and Rabbi Tropper a short while ago...

I have not the slightest inclination to listen to the infamous audios floating around on the Internet, for a few reasons. One, because we ar...

[ Note: This is a quasi-derashah, quasi-shiur, as I am guest-speaking at a Shabbaton this Shabbos. ] It’s safe to assume that 98% of the peo...

[ For the record: I have a poppy on my coat today. ] [ Note: This week's "Toronto Torah" is now available here . ] I spoke at ...

Kalev ben Yefuneh, now 80 years old, nasi of Yehudah, a legend for his righteous stand against the meraglim some forty years earlier, strode...

According to the analysts, Iran’s upheaval is not a 21st century version of Eastern Europe’s liberation. Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mahmoud Ah...

The other day I quoted a 2007 survey performed by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (in its Community Growth Initiative) on the way that you...

Yeshivat Hesder Ramat Gan published “Go’el Yisrael גואל ישראל ,” several years ago. The book collects considerable quality material on Yom h...

[ First: This week's Haveil Havalim and this month's Kosher Cooking Carnival are out! ] If I had a dime for every time someone has...

As I watched the crowd shots at the Inauguration this past week, and I listened to people describing their expectations for the Obama presid...

I am not thrilled with this derashah; I feel like the key idea (the Intimacy point expressed below) requires more thought and discussion. Th...