Melava Malaka of Unity
The lights were dim; the mood was anything but that. Staff and parent volunteers of Yeshivas Toras Simcha had converted their gymnasium into a hall of inspiration and unity. Inviting their entire parent body, the goal was to celebrate, strengthen and encourage the growth of the school both in size and in energy. YTS now […]
Rabbi Shmuel Silber & Family Join Former Baltimorean and TA Rebbi Rabbi Avraham Leventhal & Lema’an Achai and IDF Soldiers for Chanukah Celebration Near Gaza
Rabbi Avraham Leventhal/Lema’an Achai What a tremendous privilege to spend the 4th night of Chanuka with chayalim in a base camp and bring along my yedid, Rabbi Shmuel Silber, his family and Lema’an Achai volunteers and their families. The Silber family visited with an artillery unit “bashetach” – not a base – literally group of […]
Amid Rising Antisemitism, Jewish Student Union a Lifeline in Public Schools
NCSY’s JSU Supports Jewish Public School Students Facing Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism on Campus In the Houston suburb of Dickinson, Texas, 14-year-old Talya H. was expecting to begin her regular English lesson when she entered her public school classroom. Instead, Talya was accosted by her teacher, who had scrawled “No Justice, No Peace” and “Justice 4 Palestine” […]
Jewish Educational Services Provides Community Professional Day for Baltimore Jewish Day Schools
Jewish Educational Services is proud to support Jewish schools in Baltimore. When Rabbi Moshe Frohlich from Bais Yaakov and Rabbi Hillel Hexter from Talmudical Academy approached Rabbi Aaron Levitt, Executive Director of JES, with a request for a professional development day for the day school community, JES was excited to get involved. In partnership with […]
613 Seconds with Rabbi Hillel Shepard
Welcome to Baltimore! We understand that this is not your first time around here. Correct. The Shepards actually started in Silver Spring, MD, but I commuted to TA in Baltimore as a third grader for an entire year. We then moved to Baltimore and I continued in TA for three great years: from third through […]
Parshas Mikeitz
Rabbi Berel Wein The dreamer is about to be saved by dreams, albeit not the ones that he dreamt but rather those dreamt by an unlikely stranger – the Pharaoh of Egypt himself. But dreams are dreams, and oftentimes, they do not coincide with human reality. What makes Yosef so extraordinary in the eyes of […]
It Looks Like Shabbos
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow One Shabbos, a woman was at her wit’s end when her baby refused to nurse. Looking for guidance, she went to see the Rogochover Gaon. The Rogochover looked up from his sefer and told her not to worry, “It’s a Yeushalmi.” He then continued learning. Somewhat relieved but totally perplexed, she exited […]
Healing Trauma
Rabbi Zvi Teichman One of the most traumatized figures in the Torah was certainly Yosef. Imagine how after having experienced near death by the age of seventeen, at the hands of your brothers; being sold to a caravan of Arab slave traders; enticed and eventually tortured incessantly by a temptress; cast for two years into […]
Do You Want to Get Better?
Rabbi Azriel Hauptman Depression is a mental illness that affects millions of people worldwide and significantly interferes with daily functioning. It is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest, and can affect how one feels, thinks, and behaves. One can even start to feel that life is not worth living. Fortunately, we […]