The end of my mother’s life — as sad and painful as it was — was also beautiful
No one said making conversation on dates would be easy…
W e all know about the “Fifth Chelek of Shulchan Aruch” for sensitive issues, but I would venture to say we need to develop a “Sixth Chelek” to govern all those tricky social interactions, behavioral norms, and fashion details we’d otherwise miss. You can be a world-renowned halachah expert, but still trip over a
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan has always been as much as a mystery to me as he has been an influence. Born in 1934, he passed away 48 years later, on the 14th of Shevat. Growing up, I remember hearing people take note of the young age he died, wondering aloud if, like other mystics, he was
In tribute to attorney Yaakov Weinroth, defender of yeshivahs and prime ministers
