When May rolls around and Shabbat is over after 8:30 pm, there aren’t many choices of what to do on a Saturday night. There is bowling, which I love, but not a reality, as most of our friends would rather have root canal work. more

The jobs of the Levitic families were spelled out in last week’s Torah portion, giving us the jobs of the Kehat family; now, moving into our parsha, we view depictions of the Gershon and Merari families. more

Shavuot is the shortest Jewish Bible-based festival, yet it is the most spiritually-powered. Prime to this holiday is the commemoration of the receiving of the Ten Commandments, perhaps the most spiritual event in all world history. The central personality of the Shavuot saga is Moshe Rabeinu. more

It was like a shot heard round the world. The leader of the Catholic Church was visiting Bethlehem Sunday to pray at the separation barrier built by Israel to prevent terrorists from killing Israelis. The purportedly impromptu event brought cheers from the Palestinians and propagandists who call the fence an apartheid wall. more

A misnomer about the IRS scandal that first broke a year ago is that conservative tea party groups were the only ones targeted. Christian pro-life groups were included in the IRS “Be on the look out” (BOLO) list, as well as a pro-Israel organization. more

This Shabbat will witness the beginning of the reading of the fourth book of the Torah, Bamidbar, sometimes translated as the Book of Numbers but never as the Book of the Desert (which is what bamidbar means). more

Three thousand years ago, King Solomon wrote in the book of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) that there is a time and a season for everything under the sun. “A time to sing, and a time to dance, a time to rejoice and a time to mourn, a time to reap and a time to sow.” And, like all things, there is a time to ask questions and a time to remain silent." In the Israeli army, there is a type of question known as a she’elat kitbag or kitbag question. more

The beginning of our new book informs us of the order of travels, and how the people encamped around the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Those most immediately around the Mishkan were the Levite families, whose jobs consisted of carrying the different parts of the Mishkan. more

Even though they knew it was coming for over a week, when the House of Representatives voted to create a select committee to investigate Benghazi, the Democrats and the mainstream media went wild. “This is simply a political witch hunt,” the Democrats said, “after seven committees and 20,000 documents there is no reason for any more questions.” more

The current issue of Yeshiva University’s Alumni Today begins with the following: “Rabbi Hershel Billet ‘71 YC was a pre-med major on the day he sat in a shiur taught by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, that changed the course of his life. more