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What is the avodah of the fast day, Asarah b’Teves, and what can we learn from the fact that it…

In Yiddishkeit, few things shape our inner world more than how we understand failure. We all fall. That is inevitable.…

As the popular TYH song goes: It’s dark outside, but it’s light in here. Chanukah is here!  Many of us…

And that’s the most amazing thing to realize,” Abba said as we turned the corner. I looked at all the…

We’ve all felt that nervous energy right before a big moment—the buzzer is about to go off, the pitch is…

Have you noticed Chanukah seems to be celebrated more today than it was even in the past? Well before Chanukah…

There was once a king who wanted to give a wondrous treasure to anyone deserving it. He placed the treasure…

I step out of the rainy, heavy stillness of Cheshvan and into the opaque darkness of Kislev and suddenly I’m…

Chanukah is when Esav and Yaakov square off, on a deep level. It wasn’t just about the war, 
of course.…

Children have incredible imaginations. They dream without limits and see possibilities everywhere. One day they want to be a firefighter,…

There is a certain kind of light that doesn’t just illuminate a room—it awakens a soul. You’ve seen it. The…

1st Night Miracle Awareness The Chanukah lights remind us to look for the miracles already unfolding in our lives and…

What should I think about as I light the Menorah? Think thoughts of emunah, specifically that Hashem is not just…

Based on this Torah, we can offer an answer to the Beis Yosef’s legendary question as to why Chanukah lasts…

Is contemplating and proclaiming Ein Od Milvado merely an exercise in repetition? Erroneous! Chanukah is a Moiridigeh Zach! One familiar…

And the world was shrouded in darkness… And G-d said let there 
be light. And there was light. This special…

One of the fundamental parts of the mitzvah of hadlokas ner Chanukah is pirsumei nisa. Chazal wanted us to make…

Ahh Chanukah! Winter can feel cold in every sense. It is a season when nothing seems to grow, and sometimes…

Shabbos Table Talk Where does your Challah on Shabbos come from? Trace it all the way back to the ground!…

Yoeli: So Yossi, we said Dovid Hamelech started his reign in Chevron… did he grow up there too? Yossi: Nope!…

I find myself fearful of the future, particularly when I hear about world events such as the election of someone…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. One of the great Chassidishe Rebbes was the Apta Rav, known as the Ohev Yisroel.…

Modeh Ani is how Yidden start their day. But at the end of Modeh Ani we say something very unique…

When Rav Dovid Feinstein zt’l passed away, the Lower East Side lost one of its greatest giants. Thousands came to…