By Rav Mordechai Burg Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It’s an age-old question. (Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin deduces from Rashi that Hashem created eggs...
By Rabbi Mordechai Burg I remember one time in high school when I was sitting in davening and one of my Rabbeim came over to me with...
By: Rav Mordechai Burg Kindness is saying good morning. It was the first day of Yeshiva, and Reuven (name changed to protect the innocent) came to Shacharis....
By: Rav Mordechai Burg Ask a child the name of the month that follows Tishrei, and they will likely tell you that it is Cheshvan. Press them...
You may wonder why I am choosing to respond to you in a public letter. It is because your story is a common one. The two most...
Robert Sarver, owner of the NBA Phoenix Suns and the WNBA Phoenix Mercury, has announced his plans to sell both teams after the NBA fined him ten...
One week ago Sunday, the New York Times printed a front-page article about the Chasidic school system.
It’s Elul and Hashem is in the field. His love for us transcends any of the aveiros we have done this past year.
There is a dialectical tension at play here. How do we negotiate the value of individuality and the value of community?
Without these teachings the results can be disastrous. One could mistakenly think that an aveira makes them unworthy of Hashem’s love.