The Rebbetzin's Husband

When I switched from the synagogue rabbinate to my primarily-educational role in Toronto's YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash, I wrestled wit...

I am asked, from time to time, to fill in with last - minute divrei torah; it happens on a weeknight between minchah and maariv, or at a mi...

[ I can sympathize with this: Too Cool for Shul at Modern Uberdox ] I don't claim to be any sort of expert on teaching, but I have 15 y...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ! ] Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was at our shul in Toronto this Shabbos, and one of his themes ...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ; enjoy! ] Yes, of course I recycle plastic, cardboard, etc; I even compost; this is about recyclin...

[ Very worth seeing: The Death of Abu Rahma , on The Muqata ] I started teaching the Daf this morning again, after a 16-month hiatus. Wow, ...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] During mussar seder, I've been learning Chazon Ish's Emunah uBitachon for the past severa...

In Part I , I talked about why I teach classes about Jewish History. In the Comments section, we entered a debate about the practical benefi...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] I spent Shabbos in the beautiful and warm community of Hamilton, Ontario. It was Italian Shabbat,...

[ This is a quasi-rant. I apologize in advance. For other material, see this week's Toronto Torah . ] Ever since my first rabbinic inte...

Common sense dictates that marketing is no substitute for substance, but that doesn’t stop people, including rabbis and synagogues, from inv...

Occasionally, when I have the chance to read my children a bedtime story, I instead tell them a story from my own rabbinate. I remove all id...

I have the pleasure of helping young men prepare for bar mitzvah, generally by teaching them how to lein (read from the Torah) and, sometime...

Tomorrow, I expect to complete my first “cycle” of teaching the Daf Yomi here in Allentown. I started teaching the second chapter of Kiddush...