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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.

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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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Bonei Olam is unique. Yes, you help a couple in pain right now. But you also give eternity. A child, a Jewish neshama that will go on to do mitzvos and to be’ezras Hashem create a family of their own.
Watch this incredible video of Mr .and Mrs. Daniel Fleischer. The Bar Mitzvah of a Bonei Olam baby.

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Bassi* was 18 when her mother passed away. Being the eldest of 7, she quickly learned how to cook, clean, and even raise her newborn baby sister so that her father could focus on supporting them. This last winter, the unthinkable happened: Bassi’s father passed away from coronavirus.
“ It happened so quickly we didn’t know what hit us. That’s when I realized, it’s really on me to take care of the family. I work hard at my job and give them everything I can.”
Then, a twist:

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“Who are you? Why do you want to hurt us?”
These among others, were the panicked questions Aharon Mann whispered into the phone just one month ago, standing in the darkness of his apartment. It was the middle of the night, and the daily threatening calls had become more threatening. First they began with an intimidating silence then hung up. But as time went on a voice began to detail horrific violence it promised it would inflict on the young frum father and his children.