Parshas Shlach
Rabbi Berel Wein The attitude of Jews towards the Land of Israel has always been a litmus type of test of Jewish commitment and even faith throughout the ages. As we see in this week’s parsha, from the beginning of our national existence, there have always been Jews – leading Jews, well-intentioned Jews, even outwardly […]
What’s Tax Got to Do With It?
Allan Rolnick, CPA Dealing with bureaucracy is rarely easy and never fun. Back in the 1980s, future NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone earned the nickname “the Mailman” because he delivered. Today, that would be a cruel joke. But nobody in government is as hard to deal with as the IRS. Erin Collins, the National […]
No Monkeying Around
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow A rav once complained to the Divrei Yoel, the Satmar Rebbe, zt”l, about an affront to his honor: a child dressed up as a monkey had delivered his mishloach manos. The Satmar Rebbe remarked that the rav was lucky that his mishloach manos wasn’t delivered by an actual monkey, because that would […]