Parshas Tetzaveh
Rabbi Berel Wein In the Torah reading of this week, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the preparation of the oil that will be the fuel for the flames of the great Candelabra that existed in the Tabernacle and, later, in the Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah emphasizes that the oil to be […]
A Halacha That’s Clear-Cut
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow In the eighth volume of the Igros Moshe, there is a fascinating teshuvah written to Rav Efraim Greenblatt, zt”l. This teshuvah, which is the 20th one in the sefer, comprises many varied and disparate topics. The teshuvah begins with a discussion of folding one’s tallis on Shabbos and then moves on to […]
Grief and Gratitude for a Woman of Valor
By N. Aaron Troodler I knew him well but had never met him in person. The first time I laid eyes on Jonathan Pollard was as I watched him slowly follow his wife’s body to the van that would transport her to the gravesite at the conclusion of her funeral at Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in […]
613 Seconds with Rabbi Moshe Frohlich – Bais Yaakov Middle School Principal
Rabbi Moshe Frohlich As we are just past midway through the school year, we thought it an opportune time to connect with Rabbi Moshe Frohlich, the new principal of Bais Yaakov Rabbi Binyomin Steinberg Middle School. After greeting us with his signature warmth, Rabbi Frohlich treated us to an inside look at what motivates him, his vision and his insight into Bais Yaakov. What […]
Empty Nest Syndrome
By: Rabbi Azriel Hauptman The arc of many marriages begins with life alone with each other, transitions into life raising children, and then concludes with life alone with each other once again. The first phase of marriage is usually a time when couples are spending quality time with each other, engaging in common interests, and […]
Siyum Celebration of JEWELS TA Satellite Class
The JEWELS TA Satellite class reached another amazing milestone. The boys completed their third perek in Lech Lecha. Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer, Rav of the Shearith Israel Congregation came to farher the boys. Some of the boys could read and translate all of the pesukim, and others mastered half of the pesukim. All of the boys […]
OCA’s New Group of Participants in the Truman Scholars Program
We are excited to announce OCA’s second cohort of 7th participants in the Tikvah Fund’s Truman Scholars Program for advanced Middle School students: Meira Einbinder and Yair Sebbag. This 18-month program is designed for outstanding seventh-graders from select Orthodox Jewish schools across the country. Beginning this month, our students will join peers from 20 schools […]
RAJE Students Journey to Auschwitz 77 Years after Liberation
By Staff 30 RAJE students from across the U.S. including a group from Baltimore, got back from a life-changing 7 day journey visiting Jewish heritage and Holocaust sites throughout Poland and the Czech Republic. RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience) is a national Jewish outreach program whose mission is to create a vibrant community of young […]
WITS (formerly Maalot) Alumnae Melava MalkaRekindling the Connection…
Alumnae often refer to their time at WITS/Maalot as their most formative year, a year where they gain tremendous inspiration, direction and chizuk from the strong environment. Students, surrounded by inspired, growth-oriented friends, are learning from prestigious Rabbanim and teachers, and their time in that environment fortifies them before entering the “real world”. WITS strives […]
It Makes ‘Scents’!
Rabbi Zvi Teichman A famous anomaly related to this week’s portion is the omission of Moshe’s name from the entire reading. We are taught that this is due to Moshe after hearing from G-d, subsequent to the sin of the Golden Calf, that He intended to eradicate the entire nation saving only Moshe from whom […]