Newly published, The Rav Miller Siddur: Shmoneh Esreh, written by Rabbi Shimon Maryles, represents a unique and welcome contribution to the many in our community seeking to enhance their tefillah.

Our Sages tell us (Shabbos 127b) that this mandate is very reasonable and, in fact, the way one judges another person is how he himself will be judged in Heaven. HaGaon R’ Chaim Shmulevitz cites the ...

Israelis celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut in Efrat in 2017. I was once practicing with one of the singers I sometimes perform with, and we were about to work on the popular melody for Mi Sheberach for the ...

Last week the United States Court of Appeals, sitting in New York – one level below the U.S. Supreme Court – restored a 2015 judgment against the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the ...

Grace is one of those words we use a lot, but we usually think of it as something polished. Someone calm, composed, handling everything just right. That’s one way to define it. Grace is also what ...

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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) occupies a singular place in the history of modern art. Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania into a prosperous and culturally ambitious family, she became one of the most ...

At the end of last week, Chana was released from the hospital after another suicide attempt, and she wasn’t eligible for admission to another facility. We found out about a “bayit meyazen,” and we ...

The sefer was printed in Belvedere, a palatial enclave near Constantinople, within the private residence of the remarkable Doña Reyna Nasi. The press itself was under the meticulous supervision of ...

A friend of mine mentioned how her husband, a righteous man, ran to be the tenth guy for a minyan for someone who couldn’t get to shul, when suddenly he tripped and tore his ligaments, requiring ...

In his final years, Menachem Begin’s life was marked by seclusion, declining health, and an increasing retreat from public life. After stepping down as Prime Minister in 1983, he more or less ...

Our Gemara on amud beis uses a prooftext from the story of the destruction of Sodom for a halacha regarding the handful of the Mincha offering that is burned on the altar (Vayikra 2:2). The verse ...