Kiddush for Seniors: A Call to Action
By Howard Elling “Al Tashlichainu l’ais ziknah”, “do not cast us aside in our old age” (Selichos [ital]). Our Baltimore community is blessed with a number of assisted living, as well as nursing home facilities to service the needs of our local elderly & infirm. In addition to attending to their medical requisites, these facilities […]
The Jewish Community Football League (JCFL) by “ShimzCars” kicks off 2022 season
On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-September, “JCFL by Shimz Cars” began its 11th season. Prior to the opening week, 80 players were divided between 8 different teams via a draft system, ensuring parity in competition. The teams are named for their individual team sponsors: All State – Yaakov Schmell, Autumn Lake Healthcare, Doctor Auto, […]
Meet and Greet With Dan Cox – Gubernatorial Candidate
By Ariel Levy On October 20th, Dan Cox, Republican Nominee for Maryland Governor was invited to Goldberg’s Bagels in Pikesville to meet Baltimore City and County residents. The room was filled with Baltimoreans from all walks of life. It was a packed house. Dan Cox addressed a diverse array of important issues: rampant inflation, crime, […]
Sukka at Aberdeen Proving Ground!
For the 5th year, thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad, a Sukka was built at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The Sukka is located in the courtyard of the main Chapel, and is available for use by the Jewish members of APG throughout the days of […]
Stop the Bloodshed!
Rabbi Zvi Teichman With the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Israel, the holy soil of our land has once again been stained with innocent and pure blood. Our enemy’s insatiable thirst for our blood has ignited an explosion of hatred and a frenzy of wanton murder. Yet from the moment Noach and his family […]
Parshas Noach
Rabbi Berel Wein The greater a person is or believes he or she is, the smaller the room for error in one’s life decisions. Had Noach been merely Mr. Noach, his choice of beginning the world again with a vineyard and wine would have been acceptable and even understandable. After all, the trauma of the […]
Can a Kohen Go to a Tzaddik’s Funeral?
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow The great Rishon Rabbeinu Chaim HaKohen once remarked that had he already been born when Rabbeinu Tam passed away, he would have become tamei and gone to his funeral. (Kesubos 103b, Tosfos D”H Oso) Granted, Rabbeinu Tam was a great tzaddik and talmid chacham, but Rabbeinu Chaim HaKohen was, in fact, a […]
A Ring of Truth
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow Devin McLean and his store manager were about to close the AutoZone in York County, Virginia, when a gunman barged into the store. McLean was left in a restroom while the gunman made the manager open the store safe. That’s when McLean, a 23-year-old Air Force veteran, bolted through a side door […]
Parshas Haazinu
Rabbi Berel Wein The special nature and all of the events of Jewish history are outlined for us in this week’s parsha. Ramban in the 13th century comments that anyone who can, so many centuries earlier, accurately foretell the later fate of a people is an exceptional prophet. Moshe certainly fits that description and test. […]
Parshas Vayelech
Rabbi Berel Wein The parsha of Vayelech is the parsha that contains the smallest number of verses – only thirty – of any other parsha in the Torah. It also is the parsha that usually coincides with Shabbat Shuva, the holy Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The words of the parsha are part […]
