As we noted in our last column, each of the first two paragraphs of Shema includes a verse commanding us to teach Torah to children. The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer (the Rebbe Rashab, ...

Earlier this week, my colleagues and I were discussing the Rebbe’s Rashi project. After the passing of his mother in 1964, the Rebbe began a project in which he examined the Torah interpretations of ...

I had never been to this particular shul before, this renovated hospital turned into a synagogue about two miles from where I grew up in Brooklyn. Nor had I ever prayed with chasidim. But the ...

Torah learning benefits the student in both this world and beyond. Mishna Zayin succinctly captures this: “Torah is great, for it grants life in this world and the next.” This dual reward underscores ...

As complete a number 120 is, it comes with the unspoken somber reminder of mortality. But G-d is Infinite. A Jew’s connection to Him is infinite. Why place limits on a Jew’s years? Obviously, any ...