Memorial Day Kaddish Service held at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery
The Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad (JUSA) and the Jewish War Veterans of Maryland and hosted a Kaddish Memorial Day Service at the Jewish Section in Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, one of the only such ceremonies in the country. Over 60 veterans, elected officials and community members attended the meaningful service led by Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, director of Jewish Uniformed […]
Parshas Bamidbar
Rabbi Berel Wein This week’s reading as well as the entire book of Bamidbar is replete with the numbers of the populations of the Jewish people in the desert of Sinai. Slightly more than 600,000 male Jews over the age of twenty comprise the population of the Jewish people under the leadership of Moshe. Extrapolating […]
Ma’aser Motivations
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow The Torah awarded kohanim with terumah gifts. After terumah was separated from freshly grown Israeli produce, the farmer would separate 10% of what remained and give that to a Levi. This is termed Ma’aser Rishon. Talmud Bavli (Yevamos 86b) records an incident that occurred regarding a dispute between Rebbe Akiva and Rebbe […]
The Evolution of the Tax Professional Starts Here
Allan Rolnick, CPA Many years ago, ambitious social climbers had just two career tracks to choose from: you could hunt or you could gather. (Cave painting was a fun hobby, but no one had figured out how to monetize it.) Training was entirely on-the-job. There were no classrooms, written exams, or licensing boards, and “distance […]