Let's begin this one with a question. In Parshas Noach we learned that Hashem destroyed the world with a flood because theft had become so prominent. In this week's Parsha, ...
Author Archives: Yitzchok Snyder
A Mid-East Start Up
In Parshas Lech Lecha the Torah refers to Avraham Avinu, as the Ivri. The Midrash explains that he was given this title because the entire world was on one side, ...
Turning Over a New Leaf
By now most of us have probably put the Sukkah back into storage and are slowly re-acclimating to life's ordinary routine. As we bid farewell to this years lucky palm ...
If Not Now, When?
It's hard to believe that Aliyos Yerushalayim has already entered its seventh year. Seven is of course a significant number as Jews in Israel are now observing Shemittah - the ...
The Morning After 9/11
"This morning we not only woke up to a new day, we woke up to a new world." These were the opening words of my then Rosh Yeshiva's special address ...
Safety Measures
I learned a valuable lesson from the rockets fired out of Gaza. Living in Jerusalem, I had a relatively luxurious minute and a half to seek shelter once the sirens ...