G-d said to Moshe find the wise people and the question comes along: “What makes someone wise? Is is that they are smart? The Gemara answers this question and...

Each morning we say a beautiful bracha, “hama’avir shaina me’ainay, u’tenuma me’afapay” which means, “God removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids”, at least that is...

This year marks a monumental milestone as NCSY celebrates its 60th anniversary since its founding in 1954. Through the decades, NCSY has become a treasured part of the Jewish...

Camera, Lights, and only then Action So, a couple of weeks ago, in Parshat Beshalach, the Jewish people are finally on their way out of Egypt. The Jews have...

Here is a question: What do you think counts for more? Converting into Judaism or have been born into Judaism? While talking to two of my friends, one said...

There is a question that has always troubled me about the Parshiyot we are currently in the midst of. The Midrash tells us, “A simple maid servant at the...

Every person has their Midbar Sinai, their struggles. I’m like eminem, I may not rap about it but everyone has their struggles. I am a junior about to take...

This weeks parsha, parshat Vayechi, started off by saying “And Ya’akov lived until 147.” We know that the last 17 years of Yaakov’s life were the best years of...

This weeks Parsha is Parshat Vayechi, which means “and he lives”. In the parsha, Yaakov blesses his son, Yoseph, and basically tells his other sons that they are not...

In this parsha, Yoseph reveals himself to his brothers, as their brother and convinces them to move down to Egypt and he takes his entire family. Yoseph has spoken...