Yom Tov Highlights

A Banner Year Begins! This month of Tishrei has been an exciting and surprise filled time, especially for our family and our work here in...

The “Heart of the New Year 5776”

It is customary to begin, prior to the New Year, the challenging search for an exceptional etrog, (an etrog mehudar), for Sukkot. This...

Only in Israel! Yesterday I was privy to attend a truly unique and inspiring gathering in the pastoral setting of Park Ayalon, the...

This past Yom Kippur, was noteworthy in that it was a trifecta of Shabbatot: Yom Kippur, which is called Shabbat Shabbaton (Sabbath of...

The Sfas Emes (the Gerrer Rebbe) asked why the mitzvah of remembering the crimes of Amalek (זכור אשר עשה לך עמלק )at the end of...

My Purim to Pesach “season” was a most inspiring one. I had the privilege of traveling along with Nefesh B’Nefesh to visit six major...

One of the extraordinary gifts of the beginning of our second year of aliyah has been the excitement surrounding new horizons for us here...

One of the extraordinary gifts of the beginning of our second year of aliyah has been the excitement surrounding new horizons for us here...

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