Elul asks something subtler of us: introspection, to notice where we have drifted and begin walking back before the Day of ...

Friday, the New York City Health Department released its first comprehensive evaluation of the Congestion Relief Zone Tolling ...

There is a long-standing tradition of placing a little drop of honey on the letter aleph when a child begins learning Torah for the very first time. It makes for an adorable photo and a beautiful ...

Sefas Emes answers that since Shabbos is enacted by Hashem alone, it has less influence over a person than mitzvos that he ...

I am truly blessed to be living in Israel, the land of Milk and Honey. Numerous places in the Torah refer to Israel in that language. And I can actually feel it. Honey is golden and very sweet. In the ...

We ask Hashem for a sweet new year. But have you ever noticed that the apple doesn’t come covered in honey. We have to dip it. The apple itself isn’t necessarily sweet. We dip it into the honey. There ...

Senior NYPD officials have, in recent years, traveled to Israel for training conferences by the Israeli National Police on counterterrorism and antisemitism. City Council Speaker Julie Menin has said ...

For a brief period – a mere 30 days – the King of kings comes out to offer each of us a personal invitation to embark on a new journey together.

The printed volumes that established his reputation, however, present only the public face of the man. This notebook opens an altogether different window, revealing the private workshop of one of ...

Parshat Shoftim always coincides with the beginning of the month of Elul. The Rokeach (Shir HaShirim 6:3) says "Elul" (the letters aleph lamed vav lamed) are an abbreviation for "Ani le'Dodi ve'Dodi ...

The juxtaposition in the Torah of the laws of Shabbat and the Mishkan, the Sanctuary, not only serves to identify the 39 melachot prohibited on Shabbat but also determines the conditions that must ...

Dovi Meles holds a masters degree in social work from Temple University and a BA in Psychology from Yeshiva University. He has held numerous positions within Jewish non-profit organizations. In his ...