When naming a child, parents are often faced with a great deal of outside pressure. Family, friends, co-workers--everybody has an opinion. Stressed-out parents should feel some relief…
Take a moment to appreciate the privilege of living in a Malchut Shel Chesed, a kingdom of kindness, that is America, where Jews can live Jewishly and support Jewish causes as we choose.…
Albania, which today marks its Independence Day, is a small Balkan country with an almost minute Jewish population. While it was never a country with a large Jewish population, there have…
Remember each morning to recite the blessing thanking God for allowing us to be able to see.
The devastating plague of darkness described in the Torah, that severely impacted the ability…
While the well-known adage requests, “A penny for your thoughts,” perhaps those coins should be sought, instead, in between the cushions of sofas and car seats, in washing machines and in…
“The Unfathomable Practice of Molech Worship”
(updated and revised from Acharei Mot 5771-2011)
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
In Leviticus 18, the last chapter of this week's parasha,…
“Living a Truly Sanctified Life”
(updated and revised from Kedoshim 5765-2005)
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
The message of this week’s parasha, parashat Kedoshim, is surely one of the…
