I suppose it's one thing to be afraid of heretical ideas (supposed or actual) that might cause one to lose faith in their principles.  I...

I've been going through a bit of a rough patch in my life.  Things aren't exactly going according to plan in various circles of my l...

Rabbi Yair Hoffman wrote a recent editorial (publish on 5TJT and republished on YWN ) about the dangers of smoking among our youth.   He st...

I hope you will all forgive me... but I've had the same template since I began this blog back in 2005.  I think that it's time for a...

Of late, I've begun reading the Coffee Room section of the Voice of Lakewood.  In it's pages, various issues of importance to the re...

In the Yated, Rabbi Avrohom Birnbaum finds himself in search of “Ahavat Chinam.”  He laments the fact that the American Modern Orthodox co...

It's comforting to know that there are some events  that are so certain to occur that you can set your clock (or calendar) by them.  One...

A common debate tactic  (especially, I find, in frum circles) is the practice of not actually answering an argument or objection, but inste...

I was asked to post this as a public service announcement: =======================================  Save a life today at a bone marrow d...

It is being reported in the news that daylight savings time is being extended in Israel the end of October, as it observed in many Europea...