The Art of Looking Back
Parshas Va'era begins with a guarantee from Hashem that he would take the Jewish People out from “Under the burden” that the Egyptians...
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Eli Nissel
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
Coaches and Cheerleaders
The greatest leader ever known to the Jewish people, Moshe, led an incredibly fascinating and complicated life. The Torah is replete with...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Jun 21, 2019
- 4 min
How 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...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Apr 19, 2019
- 6 min
Passover Gives Slavery a Bad Rap
Pesach sure gives slavery a bad rap. After all, the seder’s dominant theme is that of the Israelites moving away from slavery and toward...
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Eli Nissel
- Jun 22, 2018
- 5 min
8 Ways to Turbocharge Your Shabbat
I am no parenting expert. At the time of this writing, my oldest has just turned a whopping four years old, and while precocious, does...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Mar 2, 2018
- 4 min
This is Your Brain on Power
We 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...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Jan 6, 2018
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Sages
A month ago, one of the greatest living sages of the Jewish people passed away. His name was Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, and if...
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Eli Nissel
- Jun 19, 2017
- 4 min
Where Leadership Thrives: Summer Camp And The Hope For The World
As 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...
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Eli Nissel
- May 12, 2017
- 3 min
A Rebuttal to Myself
Just under two weeks ago, I published an article lauding my kid brother’s service in the Israeli Defense Forces (“An Uncomfortable...
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Eli Nissel
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
An Uncomfortable Question
Returning home from my community’s Yom Hazikaron memorial ceremony last night, a cacophony of thoughts flashed through my head like a...
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Eli Nissel
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3 min
Why Many People Do the Seder Wrong
Jokes about Pesach cleaning are as ubiquitous as the celebration of the holiday itself. The detail-oriented, almost nitpicking...
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Eli Nissel
- Mar 30, 2017
- 4 min
Reflections on a Parade
On a sweltering morning in the end of March, a few hundred people convened on a suburban neighborhood in Plano, Texas for what appeared...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Feb 10, 2017
- 4 min
What a Falcons Fan Can Learn from Tom Brady
This 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...
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Rabbi Yogi Robkin
- Jan 29, 2017
- 4 min
A Jewish Response to Terrorism
The news was a strong punch to the Worldwide Jewish gut - four young Israeli soldiers killed when an Israeli Arab from a nearby Jerusalem...
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Eli Nissel
- Jun 24, 2016
- 3 min
Why 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...
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Eli Nissel
- May 27, 2016
- 5 min
8 Easy Ways to Turbocharge Your Shabbat
I am no parenting expert. At the time of this writing, my oldest has just turned a whopping two years old, and while precocious, does...
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Eli Nissel
- Jan 29, 2016
- 4 min
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, ob"m
I came home Thursday evening to the heart-rending news of the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, one of the leading rabbis in America. ...
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Eli Nissel
- Oct 26, 2015
- 5 min
Brothers in Service
Ask any camp counselor or administrator what is the hardest time of the week, and the universal answer is bound to be the late, waning...
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Eli Nissel
- Apr 2, 2015
- 4 min
One Day in October
Ahhh…Baseball season is upon us once again. There is something innately American and proud about our passion for this beloved sport. ...
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Eli Nissel
- Nov 22, 2014
- 2 min
Reflections of a Massacre
7:01 A.M. Two terrorists burst into an early-morning minyan in Har Nof’s B’nei Torah shul and brutally murdered four kedoshim, shoving...
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