The Rebbetzin's Husband

Surprisingly, Rosh HaShanah was, thank Gd, a good one for me this year. I always come in very nervous. Someone shook my hand after a pesicha...

[Haveil Havalim is here ...] This is a feeble attempt to sort of catch up with my notes a little bit, in the middle of Yamim Noraim when I o...

And Gd told Avraham to bring up his son, his only son, whom he loved, Yitzchak, as an offering on Har haMoriyah. And Avraham obeyed the Divi...

Credit where credit is fully due: I once participated in a "Yarchei Kallah" program run by Rabbi J.J. Schacter, in which he mentor...

I don't know how the universe knows. It was a leap year this year, and that should have fooled the universe, but nope, the universe know...

Still trying to catch up on my Daf notes. It should be easier as we conclude the Tisha b'Av passages and move into more law-oriented mat...

First, a few quick items: 1) The Kosher Cooking Carnival is here ; thanks for the great billing, Isramom! And while we’re on the topic of co...

We continue the “Tisha b’Av” gemara regarding the destruction of the Beit haMikdash and the fall of Beitar. For those who are looking for s...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ! ] עד מאה ועשרים שנה! Bit a hundred un svuntzik ( or however that should be transliterated )! You ...

I ran the following column in the Allentown Morning Call. It's a truncated version of a drasha I delivered in August. Judaism demands th...

I have been in a lot of turmoil over the past couple of weeks. Part of that turmoil came from anticipating today’s date – the third yahrtzei...

Still catching up, but I have tons of notes on 56-58… For those who aren't into this, feel free to jump down and see my comments on the ...

A couple of weeks ago, A Living Nadneyda posted the following comment on my post about Noachide weddings: Several modern dilemmas of halac...

Chana at Curious Jew has done a great job here providing a sense of the September 14th “End of Life” medical ethics conference held by Yesh...

( This is, I think, the longest derashah I have ever delivered on a 'normal' Shabbos, but the topic is very much on my mind and hear...

Getting closer to catching up on my Daf Yomi notes. Bored by this? No problem; jump down to read about how Israel, with Large Hadron Collide...

( I hate to post this so soon after Jameel's cross-post on rotten men who are leaving their wives agunot. So please, please, scroll down...