Rabbi's Greetings

Dear STOCS Friend: As many are aware I do not grow up observant. I was in my mid-teens, living in West Hempstead, Long Island on Redmont...

Dear STOCS Friend:   The Five Books of Moses mention the holiness of Shabbat at least twelve times. Hashem sought to instill within the...

Dear STOCS Friend:   The Jewish people are standing at the shore of the Sea of Reeds.  They are paralyzed by the sight of the Egyptian...

D ear STOCS Friend:    The first two plagues inflicted upon Egypt were imitated on a smaller scale by the Egyptian magicians. However,...

Dear STOCS Friend:   This week has been an emotional roller coaster for the families of the hostages. Rabbi Sacks introduced a poignant...

Dear STOCS Friend:    Imagine being separated from your child for 22 years, living with the heartbreaking belief that they were no longer...

Dear STOCS Friend:   Jacob’s Hebrew name יעקב is changed to Israel ישראל. How do we understand the name change or even its very meaning?...

Dear STOCS Friend:   Noah built his ark thousands of years ago. Over the span of one hundred and twenty years, Noah constructed an ark...

Dear STOCS Friend: In today's STOCS Sheet, you'll find details about a special Shabbat we have planned for next week. This is a time when...

Dear STOCS Friend, Thank God, we received the wonderful news that Qaid Farhad Alkadi, 52, has been rescued by the IDF. We pray that this...