Mazel Tov to Jay and Peggy Umansky
Mazel Tov to Jay and Peggy Umansky on the birth of their newest granddaughter, Emma Rose Linder. Her parents, brother Jake, Sisters Noa and Maya are all very excited.
The late Perry Mendelson was a long-time active member of NHBZ and brother to our past Executive Director, Sandy Abrams. Perry was an avid Torah Learner and participated in the Daf Yomi program for decades. He was also a teacher at many of our programs.
Mazel tov to Daniel and Hindy Anton on the birth of a granddaughter, Miriam!Mazel tov to parents Dovid and Tehila Anton and great-grandparents Rabbi & Rebbitzen Gertzulin! May Dovid and Tehila merit to raise their daughter to marry a Ben Torah, and to a life of chuppah and ma’asim tovim!
How much importance do we attach to blessings that we receive from others? How seriously do we take them? Our Sages established that “everything depends upon the one who gives the blessing and the one who receives it.” What if G-d Himself gives the blessing? A deeper significance to the concept of blessings is found…
Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in Ancient Persia from Haman’s plot to kill all Jews in a single day. Set in Persia 2,300 years ago, the “Megillah” tells how a seemingly unrelated series of events spun together to save the Jewish people from annihilation. Purim is Judaism’s most dramatic, fun-filled holiday. Here…