A Deep Lesson in Kindness I Learned From The Most Unexpected Place
Today was a typical day: carpool pick-up, after school errands, and a trip to the local pizza...
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Art Garfunkel once summed up The Sound of Silence as “the inability of people to communicate...
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Raising Non-Judgmental Orthodox Jewish Kids
When I was 17 years old, I spent the summer studying in Israel. I knew I...
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The Orthodox Jewish Volunteers Who Help A Child With Cancer
Even though eight-year-old Laila and her family are from New York, they never had much experience...
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Aleph Beta’s Guide to Parshas Beha’alotecha: Where It All Went Wrong
In this week’s parsha, we reach the tipping point, where the nation of Israel begins their...
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Is It Weird That I’m Worried How My Kids Treat Alexa?
Last Shabbos, we thought we had turned off Alexa (the intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon), but...
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What The Broken Tablets Can Teach Us About Coping With Loss
One of the most dramatic scenes in the Torah is when Moses descends Mount Sinai and...
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The Orthodox Jews Who Serve In The U.S. Military
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Shavuos: Does the Book of Ruth Matter?
Rabbi Fohrman asks why we read the Book of Ruth during Shavuot, emphasizing the importance...
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Aleph Beta’s Guide to Parshas Bamidbar: Why We Count
In this video, Rabbi Fohrman points out a textual oddity – why does the Torah use...
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