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A year after opening its first store in Brooklyn, N.Y., Bingo Wholesale opened its second store in the heavily Orthodox, kashrut-observant community of Lakewood, N.J. Bingo is a partnership between Weiss and Osher Ad, a...

Is the COVID-19 Epidemic all bad? The legendary Jewish Sage of old, Rabbi Akiva, teaches us that even in the Coronavirus we can discover some good.  Interestingly, for the first forty years of his...

The book of Shemot spans the time period of Bnei-Yisrael’s exile in Egypt. The first verse has many hidden messages and Mitzvot that Bnei-Yisrael will be obligated to keep. The first four words in...

This week’s Torah reading contains both narrative history and dogmatic Jewish halakha. It relates to us the tragic story of the deaths of the two older sons of Aaron, when they apparently willfully mishandled...

In the word “Terumah” ("תרומה") we find a hint of things to come within a certain time period. The word Terumah conceals the word Torah ("תורה") and the letter “Mem” (“מ”) which is 40...

Very few righteous people were granted greatness for eternity by HaShem; Pinchas (“פִּינְחָס“) was one of them. Pinchas was a true Torah warrior who was willing to sacrifice his own life for the sanctity...

This Parasha has a very odd opening verse; it basically states that HaShem was worried that Bnei-Yisrael might go back to Egypt upon the prospect of war. The Torah writes that Pharaoh “sent” the...

The word “Metzora” ("מצורע" - one who has “Tzarat”) comes from the Hebrew words “Motzi Ra” ("מוציא רע”), he who spoke ill of someone as “Lashon Hara” ("לשון הרע"). We also see that the...

What is a brit milah, and what are the reasons for it? A brit milah, also known as a bris, is the Jewish ceremony in which a baby boy is circumcised. Circumcision dates back to...

School is out. Kids are home for the summer. And parents are scrambling to find ways to keep them busy. Metro Atlanta has a host of activities that can entertain kids no matter their...