The Rebbetzin's Husband

[ NOTE: This post is not a response to any particular situation, in any institution. I am writing it now only because I translated the piece...

It's a running joke, I know, that the Talmud's sense of humour is best perceived in the line in Berachot 64a, "Torah scholars b...

I know in advance that the answer is טוב אשר תאחוז בזה וגם מזה אל תנח את ידיך (Kohelet 7:18 – "It would be good for you to hold t...

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...

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

This is what Tu b'Shevat in Toronto looks like. Well, technically Yad b'Shevat, but I don't expect much to change i...

We've talked about this before (such as this piece: Still think you can trust the fish counter? ), but CNN has a new piece today, "...

Sorry to give you another "source sheet" post, but things have been very busy lately. Here are the sources I expect to use for a s...