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September 11, 2024|ח' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד A Shul Built Thanks to a Rotisserie Chicken
July 15, 2024|ט' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ד What If?
June 9, 2024|ג' סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Do They See Our Sounds?
February 27, 2024|י"ח אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Our Annual Report Card
February 2, 2024|כ"ג שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד You are Insane
December 12, 2023|כ"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Be a Proud, Practicing, Unapologetic Jew
November 16, 2023|ג' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Is it Better to be Loved or Feared? A Reflection on the Washington Ral...
October 16, 2023|א' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד An Open Letter to My Fellow Jews in the Diaspora
August 30, 2023|י"ג אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Artificial Intelligence (AI) and God
July 26, 2023|ח' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Just One Shabbos
July 19, 2023|א' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Best Nine Days You Ever Had
July 10, 2023|כ"א תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Shul With The Worst Decorum In The World
July 6, 2023|י"ז תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג The Indignity of Indifference
June 29, 2023|י' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג More Than Just a Nod at the Airport
March 2, 2023|ט' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Don't X Out, Click In
February 23, 2023|ב' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Traveling Out of Your Comfort Zone
February 23, 2023|ב' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Traveling Out of Your Comfort Zone
February 16, 2023|כ"ה שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Guidance and Guidelines for Supporting a Grieving Friend
January 18, 2023|כ"ה טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג An (Updated) Open Letter Regarding Yeshiva Week(s)
December 8, 2022|י"ד כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Do You Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is?
November 3, 2022|ט' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Is There a Valid Excuse Not to Vote?
October 6, 2022|י"א תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Don't Stop Holding Hands
August 3, 2022|ו' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Social Media & Mental Health, Not Just the Problem of the "Ultra-Ortho...
July 14, 2022|ט"ו תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Did Anne Frank Have Privilege? Do You?
July 6, 2022|ז' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב What Exactly Happened? It May Be None of our Business
June 30, 2022|א' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב America is in a State of Moral Decline - What Are You Doing About It?
June 16, 2022|י"ז סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Cholent and the Stockdale Paradox: The Power of Patience
May 19, 2022|י"ח אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Formula Fear
April 27, 2022|כ"ו ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Who Took the Suitcase?
April 5, 2022|ד' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Most Important Thing You Need to Do to Prepare for Pesach
March 30, 2022|כ"ז אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Changing Ties
March 16, 2022|י"ג אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Marking Our Two-Year Anniversary Since Shutting Down
March 10, 2022|ז' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Assimilation is Not the Answer to Antisemitism: Be an Ish Yehudi, a Pr...
February 11, 2021|כ"ט שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"א Have You Contributed to the BRS Global Campaign? If Not, Why?
January 13, 2022|י"א שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב A Time to Speak and a Time to Remain Silent
December 29, 2021|כ"ה טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב I'm Grateful I Can't Understand
December 8, 2021|ד' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Most Effective Way to Have Influence
October 13, 2021|ז' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Be a Blessing For Those in Recovery
April 21, 2021|ט' אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"א I am Not a Modern Orthodox Rabbi
December 23, 2020|ח' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"א You Are In a Unique Position to Help
December 2, 2020|ט"ז כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"א The Virus of Playing God
November 19, 2020|ג' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"א This Scares Me More Than Antisemitism and It Should Scare You Too
October 27, 2020|ט' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"א As an Orthodox Rabbi…I will Not Tell You How To Vote & Neither Should...
October 21, 2020|ג' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"א Do You Come When Davening in Shul is Just Davening, in Shul?
September 2, 2020|י"ג אלול ה' אלפים תש"פ 3 Things That We Can Still Control, Even When We Feel Powerless
July 15, 2020|כ"ג תמוז ה' אלפים תש"פ The Word a Holocaust Survivor Said He Would Never Use Again
May 20, 2020|כ"ו אייר ה' אלפים תש"פ An Open Letter From the Bottom of My Heart
April 30, 2020|ו' אייר ה' אלפים תש"פ Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary People
January 29, 2020|ג' שבט ה' אלפים תש"פ Trump's Peace Plan: A Historic Day, No Matter the Outcome
January 15, 2020|י"ח טבת ה' אלפים תש"פ We Can Have it More Often Than the Siyum Ha'Shas
January 10, 2020|י"ג טבת ה' אלפים תש"פ What Brings a Reform and Orthodox Synagogue Together? Giving Israeli...
January 2, 2020|ה' טבת ה' אלפים תש"פ Torah Is Food for the Soul: Remarks from the Siyum Hashas
November 14, 2019|ט"ז חשון ה' אלפים תש"פ Wearing Many Hats: The Balancing Act of Today's Rebbetzin
October 18, 2019|י"ט תשרי ה' אלפים תש"פ You Don't Know Who is At the Table
August 8, 2019|ז' אב ה' אלפים תשע"ט The Heart of Orthodoxy is Healthy and Strong: Seeing the Opportunities...
May 1, 2019|כ"ו ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ט Vigilance, Not Vigils: Responding to the Tragedy in Poway
April 25, 2019|כ' ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ט Finding a Match is Already as Hard as Splitting the Sea: Are We Makin...
April 1, 2019|כ"ה אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט Someone We Don't Know Needs Our Help; Can She Count on You?
March 27, 2019|כ' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט Welcome! I'm Excited to Learn With You
March 18, 2019|י"א אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט What Will You Answer About What You Did to Confront Anti-Semitism?
March 10, 2019|ג' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט Are We Playing God? Leadership, Vaccination and a Communal Policy
March 10, 2019|ג' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ט Extreme Immodesty and Modesty Extremism - Marching to the Beat of our...
February 14, 2019|ט' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשע"ט You Won't Believe What This Man Did for His Competitor
January 20, 2019|י"ד שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ט It is Time for Outrage, Not Silence!
January 17, 2019|י"א שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ט An Open Letter to Those Coming to Florida for Yeshiva Week and to My F...
January 2, 2019|כ"ה טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ט Kavana and/or Convenience, Can You Have Both? A Measured Appeal to Tho...
December 27, 2018|י"ט טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ט LeBron James Doesn't Deserve a Free Pass and Neither Do Those Who Are...
November 29, 2018|כ"א כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ט Being Single Should Not Have to Mean Being Alone
August 30, 2018|י"ט אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ח Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Growing Larger and Smaller at the Sam...
August 22, 2018|י"א אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ח Sorry We're Not Sorry: We Need to Stop Apologizing for Jewish Values
May 31, 2018|י"ז סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ח Friendship Before Philosophy: The Formula For Winning the Unity Prize
October 26, 2017|ו' חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ח We Have Been Called Out by a Teenager: Will We Get Defensive or Get Se...
June 15, 2017|כ"א סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ז A New Study Shows That American Jewry is Disappearing. Patrilineal De...
April 21, 2017|כ"ה ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ז What Could Be More Important Than Showing Honor to our Survivors?
March 29, 2017|ב' ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ז When You Dip the Karpas, Think of AIPAC and What We Could Accomplish W...
February 17, 2017|כ"א שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ז When the Bullies Go Low, BRS Goes High: A Sad Update on Matthew Kelly...
January 31, 2017|ד' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ז Victimized by Fake News: Setting the Record Straight on Matthew Kelly...
December 29, 2016|כ"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ז We Cannot Control Enemies from Without But We Can Stop Being Our Own W...
December 7, 2016|ז' כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ז Has Chabad Quietly Revolutionized the Role of Rebbetzin?
November 18, 2016|י"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ז You May Think it is Not Your Problem - Here is Why You are Wrong
August 8, 2016|ד' אב ה' אלפים תשע"ו Special Needs & Special Opportunities: Lessons I Learned From Camp HAS...
July 14, 2016|ח' תמוז ה' אלפים תשע"ו Do You Know, Let Alone Celebrate, Your Hebrew Birthday?
June 29, 2016|כ"ג סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ו Seeing the Rainbow in Grey Rather Than Black and White: LGBT & the Ort...
June 9, 2016|ג' סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ו To Achieve Unity, You Don't Have to Like Everyone, But You Must Love T...
April 28, 2016|כ' ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ו History or Memory: Honoring our Survivors by Attending a Yom Ha'Shoah...
March 29, 2016|י"ט אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשע"ו Give Proportionally to What You Spend on Your Pesach
February 5, 2016|כ"ו שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ו What is the Measure of a Great Community?
January 19, 2016|ט' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ו Wear Your Yarmulke - Because You Can & Because it is Good for You
December 31, 2015|י"ט טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ו Avoid These Actual Things Said to Couples Struggling with Infertility
December 23, 2015|י"א טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ו Failing to Prepare is Preparing for Your Family to Fail
December 11, 2015|כ"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ו Debate Fervently, But Love Fiercely
November 23, 2015|י"א כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ו Letter to BRS Following the Funeral of Ezra Schwartz z"l
November 5, 2015|כ"ג חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ו Inquiries or Inquisitions: A Rabbi's Perspective on the Shidduch Syste...
October 29, 2015|ט"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ו The Hanukkah Tree Topper and the Jewish Future
October 1, 2015|י"ח תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ו Thinking of Those Not Under the Tallis this Kol Ha'Nearim
August 20, 2015|ה' אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ה Rabbis & Plumbers: Is the Iran Deal Just Politics?
August 14, 2015|כ"ט אב ה' אלפים תשע"ה A Risk Free Investment Opportunity
June 11, 2015|כ"ד סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ה A Miraculous Bar Mitzvah You Don't Want to Miss
June 5, 2015|י"ח סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ה See Yourself as a Cast Member of the Happiest Place on Earth
May 15, 2015|כ"ו אייר ה' אלפים תשע"ה Turn Your Shabbos Table into an Informal Classroom
April 1, 2015|י"ב ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ה Prejudice Enslaves; Confronting it Liberates
January 9, 2015|י"ח טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ה Korbanos (Sacrifices) are More Relevant Than Ever and We Should Pray f...
January 2, 2015|י"א טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ה The Question We Desperately Need an Answer To
November 28, 2014|ו' כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ה Persuade, Don't Preach
November 20, 2014|כ"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Infertility Etiquette
November 14, 2014|כ"א חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ה A Good Reason Not to Lose Faith in the Rabbinate - the Rebbetzins (Gue...
October 29, 2014|ה' חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ה Is Challahween the Sequel to Thanksgivukkah or Totally Different?
October 21, 2014|כ"ז תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ה Responding to Scandal With Nuance
October 13, 2014|י"ט תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ה The Incredible Story of BRS's New 600-Year-Old Torah
October 7, 2014|י"ג תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ה Throwing Our Esrogim at the Shabbos App
September 30, 2014|ו' תשרי ה' אלפים תשע"ה Asking Mechila on Group Email, Mass Texts or Facebook is Inauthentic
September 12, 2014|י"ז אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ד How to Pay a Proper Shiva Call
June 20, 2014|כ"ב סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ד Feel Empathy With, Not Sympathy For the Families of our 3 Boys
June 13, 2014|ט"ו סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ד What the $13 Billion Mystery Angels Can Teach Us...
April 25, 2014|כ"ה ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ד Honor Our Survivors By Simply Showing Up
April 18, 2014|י"ח ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ד The Exodus and Immigration
February 28, 2014|כ"ח אדר א' ה' אלפים תשע"ד Ask What's Working, Not What's Broken
February 21, 2014|כ"א אדר א' ה' אלפים תשע"ד Being Selective When Lending our Microphone
January 31, 2014|ל' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ד Facebook and Football, Do Rabbis and Shuls Belong?
January 27, 2014|כ"ו שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ד Response to the Open Letter from Josh Stadlan
January 24, 2014|כ"ג שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ד Avoiding The Appearance of Religious Hubris
January 10, 2014|ט' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ד It's None of Our Business
December 13, 2013|י' טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ד Simplifying Shabbos Meals
December 6, 2013|ג' טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ד History or Memory? Knowing Our Story
November 22, 2013|י"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ד Should We Judge Judaism By the Jews?
November 15, 2013|י"ב כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ד Quieting the Noise in our Lives to Find what Really Matters: My Reflec...
November 8, 2013|ה' כסלו ה' אלפים תשע"ד Roll Calls and Life's Calling
November 1, 2013|כ"ח חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ד Kosher Competition
October 23, 2013|י"ט חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ד The BRS Civility Statement - Why Now? Why Ever?
June 7, 2013|כ"ט סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ג Being the Antidote
April 26, 2013|ט"ז אייר ה' אלפים תשע"ג State of the Rabbinate
April 19, 2013|ט' אייר ה' אלפים תשע"ג Finding Strengths We Didn't Know We Have
March 1, 2013|י"ט אדר ה' אלפים תשע"ג The Foolishness of Triumphalism
January 24, 2013|י"ג שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ג Making Our Shuls the Happiest Places on Earth
December 25, 2012|י"ב טבת ה' אלפים תשע"ג Making Good on a Promise
November 9, 2012|כ"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשע"ג Kindness and Goodness in the Darkest Moments
August 23, 2012|ה' אלול ה' אלפים תשע"ב A Land of Opportunity
July 24, 2012|ה' אב ה' אלפים תשע"ב Is the Siyum HaShas the Antidote to Tisha B'Av?
June 8, 2012|י"ח סיון ה' אלפים תשע"ב What Our Community Can Learn from the Asifa
April 27, 2012|ה' אייר ה' אלפים תשע"ב Where are our Young People?
April 6, 2012|י"ד ניסן ה' אלפים תשע"ב Let My People Go!
February 10, 2012|י"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ב What are You Doing to Heal the Divide?
February 3, 2012|י' שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ב Keep the Money Local