The Rebbetzin's Husband

The following is not a rant against Carlebach Minyanim. I dance (well, shuffle) at them. I have led them. I instituted them occasionall...

The sh'liach tzibbur - the leader of the community's prayers - faces a real challenge. On one hand, the sh'liach tzibbur repre...

A frequent visitor to my shul in Allentown was wont to label ArtScroll "Anti-Semitic". His claim was straightforward: Siddurim an...

The Ritual Committee, acting with the Rabbi and Gabai, if any, shall assist in the conduct of religious services and distribute honors. (St...

In my 12 years in the pulpit, I served in two shuls, both of which went through times when we had difficulty ensuring our minyan. Certain ti...

Some dozen years ago, I was hired by a great mentor of mine to translate the Aruch haShulchan's Laws of Shabbos. It was an incredible le...

I was reading a piece on CNN's site about odd declarations in job interviews ( examples: "I have a problem with authority." ...

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

[This week's Haveil Havalim is here !] [ Make sure to read this article to the end – a Forward shout-out for our shul’s annual chulent ...

Stipulation: Judaism endorses and nurtures the creative spirit. Certainly, Rav Soloveitchik and others pointed out that the biblical instruc...