Boruch Werdiger

Oct 20, 2024 | lubavitch.com | Boruch Werdiger

Maybe it was sukkah envy. Growing up, when Sukkot came around and school returned during the intermediate days of the holiday, our teacher would lead us out of the classroom, off school grounds, and out into the neighborhood, to visit the homes of classmates who lived nearby. Or, more precisely, to visit their sukkahs—the makeshift huts and humpies that Jews set up on balconies and verandas, in front yards or out back, for the eight days of the Festival of Booths.

May 20, 2024 | lubavitch.com | Boruch Werdiger

As we count the weeks and months since the deep traumas of October 7, the practice of Sefirat HaOmer offers insight The past few months seem to have passed by differently. Our focus has been drawn to the Land of Israel. We have counted the number of days that the hostages have been in captivity, the weeks and then months since the deep traumas of October 7. We find ourselves looking back, even as we anticipate, and obsess over, what the future holds.

Feb 9, 2024 | lubavitch.com | Boruch Werdiger

How far gone is too far gone? In the Middle Ages, Jews were forced to choose between their faith and their lives with horrifying frequency. Many chose to die as Jews. New scholarship has unearthed the dangers and difficulties faced by apostates who made the other choice. Did they pass the point of no return? The coronation of England’s new king was held in London, at Westminster Abbey, on September 3, 1189.

Jul 26, 2023 | lubavitch.com | Baila Olidort |Sarah Ogince |Boruch Werdiger |Sarah Rindner

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May 15, 2023 | lubavitch.com | Boruch Werdiger

Why would anyone choose to send their child to a yeshiva? As traditional Jewish schooling has recently come under fierce attack, this is one question that is rarely asked. Missing entirely from the discussion is an examination of what the yeshiva offers. As a parent of young children, it is a question I cannot afford to ignore. Sitting somewhere on my children’s bookshelf is a clever picture book with an important point.