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It was a crisp autumn morning when Rachel Blau got a phone call from her 2-year-old daughter’s ganenet.
“Mrs. Blau, do you have a moment to speak?,” said the voice on the other line.
Rachel sensed the teacher’s serious tone and took a deep breath.
“We’re a bit concerned about Malka’s behavior. She doesn’t socialize with the other children, she has extreme tantrums, and she refuses to make eye contact. We… understand that there are other special needs children in the family. We think you should probably get her diagnosed and take her to a school that will suit her needs.”

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This morning, some of the most important leaders of our generation put out an urgent message. But to them, it wasn’t just a message. This one was very personal.
The message concerned the closest student of the Skoliner Rebbe, who is also close to Rav Naftoli Silver and Rav Dovid Cohen. According to the Rabbonim the man is a tremendous talmid chochom whose wedding is in exactly one week away. His parents are elderly and he is struggling to cover the many costs involved. He is still lacking funding for basic necessities like appliances and a hall.

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Hinda Ley stood silently in her Jerusalem apartment. The sun beat down mercilessly on her through the small dusty window as she buried her head into her siddur like a child into its mother’s comforting shoulder.
Please, Hashem. Help me make a chasunah for Raizel Sara. She’s always been such a good girl, always so kind to everyone. Please, Abba, please don’t let her feel embarrassed as she stands under the chuppah. I just want her to be happy. We have no money left at all, help us…
Suddenly, Hinda heard a strange rustling sound. Tiptoes? As she looked up from her siddur, she saw some of the kids hurrying out the door. One of them caught her watching, and froze like a deer in the headlights.
Clearly, they were up to something.

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Hinda stands quietly in the back corner of the mikvah. The mop is gripped tightly in her hand. Back and forth, back and forth. Swish, swish, swish, swish. Sweat trickles down her wrinkled face as she slowly pauses from her labor. She steals a quick glance around the humid room to see if anyone is looking.
All clear.
She allows several tears to escape.
Night after night, Hinda Ley is up all hours of the night, breaking her back to bring in a few precious shekalim for her family. Her husband Avraham works hard writing tefillin over 8 hours a day, but it isn’t nearly enough to cover rent so the mother of seven stays home with her kids during the day, and works laboriously as cleaner through the night. 

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Earlier this month, 46-year-old father of 7 Rabbi Yehoshua Dim began experiencing chest pains. He immediately went to see a doctor, who sent him for several tests. When the results came back, Yehoshua was relieved to be told that he was “completely healthy.” His family assumed the chest pains had been due to the stress of the upcoming wedding the Dims were making for their daughter.

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We’ve all seen it before: A young woman is engaged to get married and suddenly thinks the entire world revolves around her. And so it was assumed that that was going on when 22-year-old Michal Stern* of Jerusalem called her little sister to tell her that they would be having a small wedding. So small in fact, that even siblings would not attend.
Despite appearances, however, selfishness had nothing to do with it.

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No one can deny it: Raising religious Jewish children in 2021 is harder than ever before. Mainstream culture grows farther and farther from traditional morality. Every kid with a phone has access to the entire world in the palm of their hand. And with the disruption and chaos of coronavirus, last year had devastating effects on the emotional health of students worldwide.
Experts noted during the lockdowns that children in abusive and dysfunctional homes were suffering without the option of school as a safe haven. Others lost loved ones, and saw their family torn apart by grief. Jewish educators know: Emotional health is spiritual health.

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GENAZYM.COM – Tractate Megillah. Complete volume from the first Talmud printed by the renowned printer Daniel Bomberg on his famous press in Venice. The end of the volume features the first printing of the Piskei HaRosh inside the Gemara. This was likewise the first time that the Rambam’s commentary on Mishnayos was included in the Gemara. Beautiful, high-quality printing with dark ink on thick paper…

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yosef Yitzchok Feigelstock zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Long Beach.
Rav Feigelstock, one of the ziknei roshei yeshivos in the United States, was a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisroel of America.
Rav Feigelstock was a son of Rav Avrohom Feiglestock. He learned in his younger years at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, becoming a leading talmid of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, who held Rav Feigelstock in tremendously high esteem.