OPINION & COMMENT

Working on Kiddush Hashem

A male reporter with a ponytail visited the Schwartz family early in the shiva. He wanted details about Mrs. Leba Schwartz Hy'd, the mother of the house, who had been among the innocents murdered in the ghastly attack just a few days earlier on Shmuel Hanovi street.

Chazal Tell Us How to Overcome Yishmoel
by Rabbi Mordecai Plaut based on a shiur of a rosh yeshiva in Yerushalayim

A Middos Workshop: Hakoras Hatov
Based on Shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

Thankfulness. Gratitude. Appreciation. An array of English words convey a feeling or expression of indebtedness to one who has benefited another. Interestingly, Chazal use a different phrase to describe this concept--hakoras hatov, recognizing the good. Perhaps recognition does not seem like a high level but, as we will see, it is actually the crux of the issue.

A Voice Cries Out: Elul!
Reminiscences from R' Moshe Eliezer Schwartzbord