Rabbi Yoni Sonnenblick, LMSWJan 18, 20214 minThe Art of Looking BackParshas Va'era begins with a guarantee from Hashem that he would take the Jewish People out from “Under the burden” that the Egyptians...
Eli NisselSep 12, 20194 minCoaches and CheerleadersThe greatest leader ever known to the Jewish people, Moshe, led an incredibly fascinating and complicated life. The Torah is replete with...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinJun 21, 20194 minHow Would the Sages Have Solved Illegal Immigration? Every year on the first night of the holiday of Shavuot I deliver a Torah class about a timely political or social topic (The more...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinApr 19, 20196 minPassover Gives Slavery a Bad RapPesach sure gives slavery a bad rap. After all, the seder’s dominant theme is that of the Israelites moving away from slavery and toward...
Eli NisselJun 22, 20185 min8 Ways to Turbocharge Your ShabbatI am no parenting expert. At the time of this writing, my oldest has just turned a whopping four years old, and while precocious, does...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinMar 2, 20184 minThis is Your Brain on PowerWe are all well aware of the side effects of power. It can intoxicate as well as corrupt. But can it cause brain damage? This is the...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinJan 6, 20185 minA Tale of Two SagesA month ago, one of the greatest living sages of the Jewish people passed away. His name was Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, and if...
Eli NisselJun 19, 20174 minWhere Leadership Thrives: Summer Camp And The Hope For The WorldAs the world tilts towards chaos and we stare down global uncertainty, it is not the mighty armies that make that make me feel safe. Nor...
Eli NisselMay 12, 20173 minA Rebuttal to MyselfJust under two weeks ago, I published an article lauding my kid brother’s service in the Israeli Defense Forces (“An Uncomfortable...
Eli NisselMay 1, 20172 minAn Uncomfortable QuestionReturning home from my community’s Yom Hazikaron memorial ceremony last night, a cacophony of thoughts flashed through my head like a...
Eli NisselApr 9, 20173 minWhy Many People Do the Seder WrongJokes about Pesach cleaning are as ubiquitous as the celebration of the holiday itself. The detail-oriented, almost nitpicking...
Eli NisselMar 30, 20174 minReflections on a ParadeOn a sweltering morning in the end of March, a few hundred people convened on a suburban neighborhood in Plano, Texas for what appeared...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinFeb 10, 20174 minWhat a Falcons Fan Can Learn from Tom BradyThis was going to be the year that the Atlanta Falcons were supposed to win it all, and what could be better than proving themselves on...
Rabbi Yogi RobkinJan 29, 20174 minA Jewish Response to TerrorismThe news was a strong punch to the Worldwide Jewish gut - four young Israeli soldiers killed when an Israeli Arab from a nearby Jerusalem...
Eli NisselJun 24, 20163 minWhy We Love our Kollel (and You Should, Too!)Ever since the inception of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin’s model of Torah learning in the late 18th century, the nucleus of Jewish life has...
Eli NisselMay 27, 20165 min8 Easy Ways to Turbocharge Your ShabbatI am no parenting expert. At the time of this writing, my oldest has just turned a whopping two years old, and while precocious, does...
Eli NisselJan 29, 20164 minRabbi Yisroel Belsky, ob"mI came home Thursday evening to the heart-rending news of the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, one of the leading rabbis in America. ...
Eli NisselOct 26, 20155 minBrothers in ServiceAsk any camp counselor or administrator what is the hardest time of the week, and the universal answer is bound to be the late, waning...
Eli NisselApr 2, 20154 minOne Day in OctoberAhhh…Baseball season is upon us once again. There is something innately American and proud about our passion for this beloved sport. ...
Eli NisselNov 22, 20142 minReflections of a Massacre7:01 A.M. Two terrorists burst into an early-morning minyan in Har Nof’s B’nei Torah shul and brutally murdered four kedoshim, shoving...