Achdus Through Challah: 613 Seconds with Bracha Shor
BJH: Hi Bracha. First of all, Thank you for giving away free challahs to those who request one every week for the past several months in the merit of the return of the hostages! Kol Hakavod!! We are excited for more people to learn about and gain from this meaningful initiative. Please begin by sharing […]
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Rabbi Zvi Teichman When you make a sale לעמיתך—to your fellow or make a purchase from the hand of your fellow, do not cheat each man את אחיו—his brother. (ויקרא כה יד) It’s strange that what began as a simple transaction between ‘fellow’ Jews suddenly turns in to ‘family’ business with each one careful not […]
Parshas Behar
Rabbi Berel Wein The parsha begins with the wordthat defines its name –behar– onthe mountain. The mountain nat-urally is Sinai, and the Torah’s emphasisis to reinforce Judaism’s core belief thatour Torah is Gid-given and not the workof a committee over centuries. This ba-sic belief lies at the heart of many of thecontentious disputes that have […]
Ohr Chadash Academy Celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut
OCA celebrated Israel’s 76th birthday as a school community. Students began the day with a tekes (ceremony), which included the 4th grade daglanut and the Yom Ha’atzmaut choir performance. This year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut theme at school was bravery. Soldiers in the IDF exemplify bravery to protect the land and people of Israel, so the school […]
Bais Yaakov Middle School Robotics Team Does It Again!
What a wonderful day it was yesterday for the seventh and eighth grade robotics teams! The bus pulled out at nine in the morning, on its way to Cherry Hill, NJ, where we were joined by ten other schools. 54 teams competed for three hours for a spot in the finals and the chance to win […]
Jewish Educational Services Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week
“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” –Guy Kawasaki Jewish Educational Services couldn’t agree more. In honor of National Teacher’s Appreciation Week celebrated this year May 6-10, JES, an agency of The Associated, recognized the important work teachers do with Todah Teacher Week. Educators entered to win […]
N’shei Agudath Israel of Baltimore’s Women’s Health Workshop
On Sunday night, 50 women attended N’shei’s Women’s Health Workshop at Shomrei Emunah. The purpose of the interactive workshop was to learn from experts how to optimize their health through nutrition and the environment in order to go from living to thriving, through a Torah perspective. The evening began with an introduction from N’shei. […]
Baltimore Jewish Community Volunteers Perform Maintenance Jewish Cemetery
Baltimore Jewish Community Volunteers Perform Maintenance at German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Dundalk Volunteers took time from their busy schedules and repaired matzeivos and trimmed trees at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery, in Dundalk. Participants included the organizer Steven Venick and Barry Dubin, Jeremy Diamond, Larry Franks, Chen Goodman and his son, Hillel, […]