My life was changed forever when my mother, Pesya Leah Lapine, was stabbed to death in her home. My mother and I had just returned home from grocery shopping when a black man took her away from me. I don’t have any memories; I was just 2 years old. Written by Sara Chana Shields • Full Article

This week we are learning Hilchos Rotzeach uShmiras Nefesh — the laws of a murderer and protection of life” in the Rambam and we are also approaching the Yom Tov of Pesach, on which we celebrate the redemption from exile. At the beginning of Perek 7, halacha 1, the Rambam writes that “when a talmid (a student of Torah) is exiled to a city of refuge, his teacher is exiled together with him. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

This week, we will be learning the Halachos of “G’zeila V’Aveida — the laws of stolen and lost objects” in the Rambam. Before we get into the specific laws discussed in this section, we need to address a more basic question: Why would the Rambam connect the laws of lost objects with the laws of stolen objects, as they seemingly have no connection! Stealing an object is a sin, while losing an object is just something that happens on occasion?! Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Story

Making a shidduch is an incredible zechus. Something many people in our community strive to achieve. Making suggestions has become infinitely more accessible in the age of social media. WhatsApp and similar tools make it easier than ever to connect people from all over the world • Full Story

Read about a powerful Chinuch moment that Rabbi Avrohom Bluming of the Igud Hamelamdim organization experienced with Rabbi Mottel Gurary, OB”M, at an event for Melamdim last year in Crown Heights • Full Story

This week we are learning the laws of Tumas Ochlin — “food that becomes impure” in the Rambam. In short: Food items that were in contact with something impure, can become impure. But there are several conditions for this to happen. Written by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon • Full Article