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Hypocritically, anti-Israel academics wish to freely pontificate on Israel's many "defects" but don't like to be inconvenienced by being challenged on those biased, and intellectually dishonest, views

Our sages say that, unlike Elul and Tishrei, in which the teshuvah (repentance) process takes a long period of time, in Nissan we are able to change our course in an instant. Let's grab this chance!

Jordan "has rejected" the US request for the extradition of Tamimi. So Jordan’s “pro-American” regime continues to shelter Tamimi. And the Trump administration acts as if it can't do anything about it other than issue gently worded press releases.

I asked him what he wanted to do when he got out. He said he would really love to go to college, something that had eluded him in his youth.

Shifrah and Puah were on a very high spiritual level – obviously the type of women who would not hesitate to follow the way of the Torah, and to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of other Jews.

...Israel is a beacon of light in a sea of Islamic darkness...

Kinesthetic learning is not for everyone. In fact, for some it can be a more difficult form.

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After living as slaves for so many years, we could now be transformed into avdei Hashem - Hashem's slaves.

We have lost the idea of what it is to give ourselves to Hashem with totality and completeness.

When working with garlic, a great shortcut I discovered in my local supermarket is fresh, peeled, whole cloves. It’s beyond worth spending the extra buck.

Making people laugh and telling funny stories won't necessarily earn you a place in heaven. But you know what will? Finding people who have forgotten how to laugh or perhaps feel they will never laugh again – and making them laugh.

Often, those purporting to speak for Judaism and Jews take positions antithetical to Torah. The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) was created to provide Torah true positions on contemporary issues.

The reason the defendant must pay the money or return the item if he admits that he borrowed the money, stole it, or had something of value deposited with him but does not know whether he repaid the money or gave the item back, is as follows.

Question: Must one spend great sums of money and invest much effort in making one’s home kosher for Passover? Not all of us have unlimited funds. Anonymous

Must A Typical Sale Be Generous? ‘A Seller Sells Generously’ (Bava Basra 71a)

Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, continues her discussion of Jewish homes-the pain and tragedy in some; the joy and love in others. This week, the Rebbetzin focuses on the love of Jewish mothers.

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So am I deserving of honor? The body I occupy sure is; just look at what it can do. But I am that little guy inside – small, insignificant, unimportant.

But, that morning my cold had developed into something far worse and I just knew I wasn’t going to get to the bris.

Why should unintentional sins require atonement at all? What guilt is involved? Had the offender known he would not have done what he did. Why then does he have to undergo a process of atonement?

Glass cannot be kashered or used at all on Pesach because it is made of sand and is halachically considered earthenware.

Mr. Taub tried a few more times to contact Benjy, but was unsuccessful.

How can we say that we are waiting for Mashiach in any month other than Nissan?

Now approaching the program’s 67th year, the National Jewish Book Awards celebrate Jewish literary achievement in a wide range of genres and form, honoring writers in 20 different categories each year.

Rabbi Cohen was raised in holiness by the original codifier of some of Rav Kook’s writings when Rav Kook was still alive.

Even the very physicality of the seder participant is given narrative space so as to give the participant the rational for the physical choreography of the seder night’s ‘program’.

On the one hand, he was not a Zionist in the sense of supporting Eretz Yisrael as a Jewish state and he publicly proclaimed that he was not a political Zionist.