What's wrong with the current approaches to teaching kriah? How can we do better?
Fall 2015(5776)
Remembering Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l
Rabbi Shmuel Eidels (1555-1631), known as the Maharsha, presents the following regret in his introduction to his commentary on the Talmud: I regret my initial…
An Ashkenazic woman takes lessons from a master of Syrian Jewish cuisine in preserving the tastes and traditions of the past and passing them down…
Kriah difficulties Learning challenges Lack of proficiency in Chumash Unmotivated students Incredibly, a solution to these problems can be found in just four words: shnayim…
Rosh Hashanah is a time for experiencing newness—new and sweet tastes abound to usher in a sweet New Year. This year, widen your traditional menus…
Sukkot celebrates the final gathering of the harvest before the winter. Meals are served in the Sukkah, which symbolizes the temporary shelters in which our…
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, prominent Chassidic rabbi, psychiatrist and prolific author, packs a powerful punch in his book about spousal abuse in the Orthodox…
For Barbara Bensoussan, life has been a journey both inside and outside of the kitchen. As chronicled in her new food memoir, The Well-Spiced Life,…
Go figure. Maybe it’s because I taught math for over forty years that numbers permeate my life. It’s always been that way, but even more…
In addition, an important responsa by Rabbi Chaim Sofer14 addresses the Ashkenazic custom of decorating synagogue arks with sculpted lions. Rabbi Sofer prefaces his halachic…
