Rabbi Duvi Rubin Offers Words of Inspiration to OCA Middle School Students
BJLife Newsroom Middle School students have been busy learning about and preparing for the Yomim Noraim. During their Halacha classes, boys and girls have learned about the additional Tefilot, the mitzvot of Teshuva and Shofar, and what can and can’t be done on Yom Kippur. MS girls had a Simanim seder during Navi class, and […]
Embracing Challenges
Rabbi Zvi Teichman For a Jew the journey from awe to joy is a short trip. We just cried our hearts out, appealing for a favorable judgment, and in just five days we will be dancing with joy. Are we so confident to think we effected a full repentance that we deserve to celebrate? Is […]
Nonverbal Learning Disability
Rabbi Azriel Hauptman Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD) refers to an individual who suffers from learning disabilities due to their difficulties in interpreting nonverbal information. The term “nonverbal” is therefore misleading, as it can be interpreted as meaning that one is lacking in verbal abilities. NLVD is, in fact, just the opposite, as we shall explain. […]
Kiddushin Conundrum
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow At a typical wedding, there can be no doubt who the kallah is. But hundreds of years ago, a chassan got himself into a jam due to a lack of specificity. Tosfos (Kiddushin 52a) recount a fascinating story that occurred with Rav Oshaya HaLevi’s son. Details are somewhat sketchy, but the following […]
Penalty on the Field
Allan Rolnick, CPA The weather is cooling and the rain has started to pour, and that means Official Tax Planning Season™ is in full swing. But instead of thinking about savings, millions of taxpayers are celebrating something else. No, it’s not pumpkin spice. It’s football! High schools play on Friday nights. Colleges play on Saturdays. […]
Rebbetzin Leah Trenk Speech
Hundreds of women filed into Shomrei Emunah to hear the inspirational words of Rebbetzin Leah Trenk, the wife of venerated מחנך educator, Rabbi Dovid Trenk ZT’L. Rabbi Y. Besser whose very popular biography about Rabbi Trenk “Just Love Them”, is a compilation of stories that demonstrate the powerful influence of love and positivity. With his […]
In Memory of Mrs. Reva Gold, a’h
Rabbi Yaacov Cohen, Executive Director at Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, shared 10 secrets for success that he learned from Mrs. Reva Gold A”H, who spent half a century as the legendary and beloved secretary at TA. This article originally appeared on LinkedIn around 7 years ago and reveals the epitome and legacy of the great […]
Special Presentations Made at Baltimore’s Annual Rabbi Yissocher Frand Teshuva Drasha
BJLife Newsroom At Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s annual Teshuva drasha, pre-drasha presentations were made by the United Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Baltimore to the Levinson family and to the Boehm family for their annual support of the drasha and of so many community initiatives. As well, a presentation was made to Eli W. Schlossberg who spends […]
A Conversation about the Malkas Tehillim Program at Bais Yaakov
Q. How did the Malkas Tehillim program come about? Mrs. Liora Rosen (Kriah Coordinator, Lower Elementary School Limudei Kodesh Coordinator Emerita): The Malkas Tehillim program was a result of dedicated moros looking for ways to motivate their talmidos to practice Kriah (Hebrew reading). The second grade moros chose Sefer Tehillim to achieve their goal. The school […]
613 Seconds with Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg
BJH: Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from? RHE: I’m originally from Rochester, New York, a small, little snowy town up north near polar bears and penguins. I grew up there and at 13 years old I was shipped out to Baltimore. I went to Ner Israel for eight years. I then […]