3 Weeks/9 Days – Am Yisrael Chai

We Have It Backwards

July 23, 2019

Every Torah class dealing with the “Three Weeks” and “Nine Days” will focus on one thing; how to repair the “Sinat Chinam” (baseless hatred) that

Game Changer

July 2, 2018

There’s a well-known term that I would like to look at from a different perspective and it’s called “Game Changer”. Political analysts have written many

If You Build It, Will They Come?

August 21, 2017

One of my favorite movies is “Field of Dreams”, a 1989 classic starring Kevin Costner. In this movie, Costner plays an Iowa corn farmer named

The Stores Were Closed

August 1, 2017

I admit it. Guilty as charged. When it comes to the Jewish nation in the Land of Israel, I am always looking for the good

How to Cry

July 25, 2017

We’ve been taught lots of things before, but the goal of this article is to teach you something you have never learned before; How Jews

A Shabbat Nachamu Like Never Before

August 15, 2016

Tisha B’av is over and the time for comfort has arrived. Since the next fast day is far away, a whopping 46 days (yes, I

A Different Way to Cry During the Three Weeks

August 1, 2016

I want to state loud and clear – in the opening sentence of this article – that I do not cry over the loss of

9 Ideas for the 9 Days

August 13, 2015

The “3 Weeks” have now become the “9 Days” and life has just gotten far more difficult. No laundries, no showers, no swimming and no

The Three Weeks Challenge

July 5, 2015

Now that the “Three Weeks” have started, I wish to offer you a challenge: From now until the end of Tisha B’av I want you

Don’t Cancel Your Trip to Israel!

July 14, 2014

Everyone is talking about the amazing miracles that Hashem has – and continues – to perform for the Jews in Israel during this recent war.

We’ve Learned Nothing in 2,000 Years

July 18, 2012

Baruch Hashem, I am a student of the Daf Yomi and will be finishing Shas for my first time. For the last 7+ years I

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