Stop the Bloodshed!
Rabbi Zvi Teichman With the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Israel, the holy soil of our land has once again been stained with innocent and pure blood. Our enemy’s insatiable thirst for our blood has ignited an explosion of hatred and a frenzy of wanton murder. Yet from the moment Noach and his family […]
Liking Your Therapist
Rabbi Azriel Hauptman The therapeutic alliance – also known as the therapeutic relationship – has been proven by countless studies to be a better predictor of a successful outcome than the specific type of therapy that is practiced by the therapist. Does this mean that you need to like your therapist in order to have […]
ASK (Advanced Seminars in Kashrus) OU Summer Kashrus Training Program Provides Education for Future Kosher Certifiers
When a woman from Rabbi Mosheh Aziz’s congregation in Great Neck contacted him to ask why canned vegetables need a hechsher, he was able to provide an in-depth response, thanks to his participation in a three-week seminar hosted by OU Kosher. Without certification, he explained, such vegetables may have been cooked and packed on the […]
Parshas Noach
Rabbi Berel Wein The greater a person is or believes he or she is, the smaller the room for error in one’s life decisions. Had Noach been merely Mr. Noach, his choice of beginning the world again with a vineyard and wine would have been acceptable and even understandable. After all, the trauma of the […]