The Rebbetzin's Husband

I hope you enjoyed your Yom Tov. For me - right before Simchat Torah, I found out about the mikvah scandal in Washington DC. That pretty muc...

[ Update 8:09 AM - Within a few minutes of posting this, I received a notice from a rabbinic friend, who informed me that the "Mikvah ...

If you haven't heard about The Shabbos App yet, it's meant to modify the function of your smartphone to avert halachic problems inv...

The Internet can be inspiring, even when the tales it tells aren't exactly true. Listen to the following story, reported on the websi...

In my previous post , I said: I believe that naivete has an important place in our lives, in moving us from an ugly world to a more attrac...

What's on my mind after Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos Shuvah? Three music videos that I like not because their music is outstandingly good...

Several years ago, researchers at Baylor University in the US published a study entitled, "American Piety in the 21 st century"....

Adrian Peterson is a top-level, record-setting, award-winning star athlete . He is also a father of six children, and this past week he was ...

(From this week's Toronto Torah , hot off the presses) Several years ago, late night comedian and band leader Paul Shaffer and the OU ...

The past week has been humbling for me. Eight days ago, my family completed our move to a new home, and I spent a great deal of time hauling...

Note: I've been holding this post for a long time, because at least three of Toronto's synagogues went through a search for an Assis...

At Purim time, many months ago, attendees of a weekly shiur [class] of mine got together and purchased a gift certificate for two, for my Re...

A while back, I was speaking to a young rabbi who was entering his first pulpit, and he mentioned that in a shul he would have the freedom ...

For the near future, at least, I've decided to start a new blog. I'm not sure how long I will keep at it, but it's at least an o...

I thank those who have been emailing me to check in. Thank Gd, all is well. I am actually making progress on a sefer, finally! Yes, I stil...

Two weeks ago, I presented a shiur on halachic issues involved in caring for a patient who is experiencing a level of dementia. Along the wa...

I've been thinking a lot about Tehillim Fatigue - the way that our prayers for our kidnapped boys, Gilad, Eyal and Naftali, lose their s...

A thought I've written up for Toronto Torah, on Parshat Korach: After the collapse of Korach's rebellion, G-d presents Moshe wi...