One of the nagging questions parents face as they grow a family is how to raise successful children. In his shiur on that subject, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, mora d’asra of the Young Israel of …
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By Daniel Maron
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6/28/17
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When Rabbi Isaac Rice asked a simple question, “Does the Torah want us to be liars?” an expectant silence fell upon his audience.
The concept of dam l’kaf z’chus, giving …
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By Zachary Schechter
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6/28/17
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Millennials face distractions unique to the 21st century. But beyond decried technology, their struggles do include some timeless internal challenges.
In his shiur …
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By Daniel Maron
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6/28/17
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Anyone can eat shmurah matzah on Pesach, or take a minute to wash their hands before they eat bread, but ahavas Yisroel — the command to love our fellow Jew …
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By Celia Weintrob
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6/28/17
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“I’m recording this on an iPhone,” said Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff of Woodmere’s Bais Tefilah. “I have an iPad. I have a computer. I do everything on a …
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By Zachary Schechter
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6/28/17
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Peer pressure and even jealously can occasionally be a good influence, said Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner, menaheles of Machon Basya Rochel Seminary in Far Rockaway.
A friend making aliyah can awaken …
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By Celia Weintrob
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6/28/17
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While Torah is forever true, the ideal way for the mesorah to be conveyed to our children — and how an everlasting love of Torah and Yiddishkeit is embedded in their beings — changes over …
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By Celia Weintrob, Photos by Doni Kessler
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6/28/17
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With the start of summer, The Jewish Star is again pleased to publish a special summer message by Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere. Rabbi Billet urges that his congregants …
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By Rabbi Hershel Billet
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6/28/17
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In a groundbreaking victory upholding the constitutional right to freedom of religion, a New Jersey judge dismissed a slander and defamation lawsuit against a rabbi who told congregants to avoid all …
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Agudath Israel of America
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6/28/17
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The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel each applauded Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected the exclusion of houses from worship from a government grants program.
The 7-2 ruling …
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The Jewish Star
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6/28/17
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