In this week’s parsha, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Sarah Imainu dies and is buried in the Me’aras Ha’Machpela. The Torah then records, in great and precise detail, the quest for the next matriarch who would become the wife of righteous Yitzchak. Avraham sent his faithful servant, Eliezer,...
Part I of a Two-Part Series on Tefillah, presented by Mrs. Michal Horowitz and Mrs. Zahava Farbman, at the Young Israel of Woodmere on Monday, November 2, 2015. We ask that you please share this shiur link with others as well. https://michalhorowitz.com/Store/mp3/SpecialEvent/YIW-Tefila-I-11.2.15.MP3...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayeira, Avraham Avinu is tested with his tenth, and most difficult, test: Akeidas Yitzchak, the Binding of Isaac. “Take your son, your only one, the one that you love, Yitzchak, and go for yourself to the land of Moriah, and...
It’s been a few weeks since I posted a recipe, so here is a fresh, delicious and visually appealing salad, which is great served any time. Please note that I deliberately do not give measurements for the vegetables. You may add as much or as little...
At the end of this week’s parsha, Parshas Noach, we meet Avraham Avinu, the father of the Umah Yisraelis, the Jewish nation. Avraham Avinu, who was tested with ten tests and passed them all. From the flames of Nimrod’s fiery furnace to the Binding of...
Sefer Bereishis, Parshas Bereishis, In the Beginning Hashem Created… When we closed the book of Devarim on Simchas Torah, we left Moshe atop Mt. Nevo, we left the Israelite nation poised to cross the Jordan River under the tutelage of Yehoshua, and we left forty years...
As we prepare for the Yom Tov of Succos, this soup will provide a wonderful addition to your Yom Tov (or anytime!) table. When I made it this past Sunday, two of my sisters-in-law tasted the soup. They both gave it rave reviews and I’m...
Moshe then calls to Yehoshua - who will lead the nation after Moshe’s demise - and encourages him as well: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ--כִּי אַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶת-הָעָם הַזֶּה, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ - Be strong and courageous, for you shall come with this people to the Land…(see Devarim 31:1-7). Moshe speaks...
We are now hours away from the Yom Ha’Din, the awesome Day of Judgement, Rosh HaShana 5776. It is interesting to consider the different names for our New Year: ראש השנה - The New Year; literally The Head of the Year. I heard a beautiful insight last...
As we have a custom to eat fish on Rosh HaShanah - may we be like the head and not the tail; may we be fruitful and multiply like fish - and as we have a custom to eat foods with honey on Rosh HaShanah...