This week’s Parsha is Metzora, which focuses on many things. One very important thing that the Parsha discusses is the tzaraat: a heaven-sent disease that was inflicted upon people due to their misdeeds, most commonly Lashon Hara. To gain atonement for a sin so great that it deserved tzaraat, a person must vanquish himself totally of the moral underlying flaw inside of
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Sadly, this past Shabbat there was a shooting in Buffalo, New York. The shooting took place in a supermarket at 2:30 pm. There are a total of 13 victims: 3 wounded and 10 dead. Authorities believe the attack was racially motivated with 11 of the victims being African-Americans. The name of the supermarket was Tops Friendly Market, in the Kingsley
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Looking down at my bleeding fingers, It dawns upon me, ripping thorns, Off of flower pedals, hurts me
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Lag ba’omer is one of the most beautiful, important, and awaited chagim for the Jewish people. There are many citations to celebrate by making a bonfire and dancing around it, having a barbecue, and just overall having fun. However, the question may arise: what is the cause for all this celebration? Most people think that we celebrate because the 24,000 students of
Read moreIt’s now Motzei Shabbos, March 19, 2022. Friday was Shushan Purim and Klal Yisroel suffered a terrible tragedy: the loss of Maran HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. This awful news strengthened my resolve to still attempt to achieve my next goal to be able to grow in my ruchnius in memory of the Godol Hador. Which goal? Friday happened to be the day that I had set for myself to
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Eight months ago, if someone would have asked me if I would ever consider running 10 km (6.2 miles) I would have laughed at them! But, about six months ago an opportunity came my way — a relative of mine, who had started running, told me about a program called “RabbisCanRun.” Looking at myself in the mirror, I realized that
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Dear Gen Zers, We need to stop being intellectually lazy and afraid. Today, more than ever, we young adults too-willingly allow others to think for us. We outsource our convictions and beliefs to what we see and hear on social media, and we pompously brandish these ideas as our own. A recent survey found that over half of all U.S. teens (ages
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From March 22 to April 7, 2022, fourteen innocent civilians were murdered. Twenty-eight parents will live the rest of their lives without ever hugging their child again. Fifteen children will grow up without their biological parent. Fifty-six grandparents won’t see their grandchild sitting at the dinner table on holiday nights again. Three wives and two husbands will never get to
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On Monday afternoon, a new Sarachek champion was crowned. In front of a deafening crowd at Yeshiva University’s Max Stern Athletic Center, the Valley Torah Wolfpack (#2-seeded) defeated the DRS Wildcats (#4-seeded) 55-45 to win the 2022 Sarachek Tournamnent in four games and capture the Wolfpack’s first Red Sarachek Championship in 30 years. The historic final playoff was action-packed from start to
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Valley Torah moves on to the Sarachek 2022 semi-finals as they defeated #10, Magen David, in an intense matchup Friday afternoon. The Wolfpack started the game off slow, while Magen David (MDY) came out on fire hitting a couple of threes and getting into the paint for a few tough buckets. Valley Torah seemed stalled for the first quarter as MDY reached
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The Valley Torah Scroll 