There are few things as painful as watching your child abandon yiddishkeit R”l. We love our children and it hurts to witness them making terrible decisions. Parents often stay up at night agonizing ...

Today is Pesach Sheni. And although many people make sure to eat Shmurah Matzah today, unfortunately, few people understand its internal message. It is a message brought out by the Gerrer Rebbe – the ...

I met Boruch while crossing the country on an Amtrak train. I had just experienced an amazing Shabbos and first night of Selichos in a wonderful community in the West Rogers Park section of Chicago, ...

Baffled by her own experience as well as those of friends, Margolese explores the phenomenon of yeshiva-educated children from observant homes abandoning their tradition, or ""going off the derech ...

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