Light Up Your Chanukah! While you’re enjoying the lights of your menorah and the delicious tastes of crispy hot latkes and jelly donuts, add something extra special to the Yom […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Every year, as we light our menorah, my children express their disappointment that our little flames seem so insignificant next to all the […]
Chanukah is a joyful eight-day holiday celebrated in early winter, usually in December. It commemorates events that took place nearly 2,200 years ago! Back then, the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Mikeitz, picks up our story after exactly two years have passed. Pharaoh has woken up from a night in which he dreams two disturbing dreams […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What should parents do when they can’t afford the luxuries their children see others enjoying—whether because they’ve chosen a spiritually meaningful career, like studying and teaching Torah, instead of […]
My son is soon turning three. What do I need to prepare for his first haircut? In order to properly prepare for your son’s Chalakah/Upsherin ceremony, be sure to: Read […]
Read Upsherin Part 7: A Jewish Boy’s Introduction To Torah and Upsherin Part 9: The Upsherin Preparation Checklist By Rabbi Mayer Smith Upsherin Part 8 Sources: 1 Even Hasapir volume […]
Many Jewish parents have the custom of bringing their young “Upsherin boys” to a Rebbi (Jewish Teacher) to begin the study of Torah.1 The Rebbi introduces the young boy to […]
While parents prepare for their children’s Upsherin, they may find themselves somewhat confused. They may be wondering, “Yes, my child is of age to enjoy the excitement of a birthday […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I am Sephardic, and in our home we light only one menorah for the whole family. But I send my son to an Ashkenazic school, […]
Knowing your weaknesses is your greatest strength. In this week’s Torah reading, Yosef was sold by his brothers and ended up in Egypt as a slave in the house of […]
In Mishlei, King Solomon tells us, “Daaga b’lev ish, yashchena;” If a person has worry in his heart, he should quash it. The Gemara1 teaches that R’ Ami and R’ […]
