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Psychologists and journalists argue that in this new age of parenting, we are producing entitled and spoiled children.

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For all of Tisha B'Av I lived the life of a slave in Rome.

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In my circles, manning the barbeque is traditionally a male job, but there is a lot more to a successful barbeque than dropping the meat onto the grill.

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PETA has a lurid anti-shechita history, They claimed Rubashkin the way the animals were slaughtered at Agri rendered them non-kosher. Rabbinic authorities and major kashruth supervisors deemed Rubashkin to be of the highest kosher standards--yet PETA declared otherwise.

Why was it so hard for Lot to admit subordination to Avraham

The mindset of risking one's life for the cause can only be acquired once the civilian mindset of self-preservation is unlearned.

Young people today do not realize how bad anti-Semitism can be.

The groom was happy about the fulfillment of the pledge and the wedding ceremony was held. They danced and made merry the entire night.

How apt a reminder that this remorseful time will pass before we know it, and the next full moon will shed its light upon our universe on a joyful fifteenth of Av.

Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef

The NY Times and the Washington Post believe that Israel’s polices are to blame for “provoking” Arab hostility and violence. If you have any doubts, just read their headlines.

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Yiddishkeit is indeed the shining key to unlocking the prison holding the addict. The reality is that Judaism is the gateway solution; it helps to transform one’s life by revealing the actual reason why we are here

We hear so much about the hopeless predicament of our assimilated brethren. Statistics show that our young people are indifferent to their faith and heritage and would not be unduly perturbed if, G-d forbid, Israel ceased to exist. I have never believed that to be true

To free a servant is a difficult transition for both parties. A lifetime of experience and relationship is ending. The shofar is sounded “so that they will realize that this is something standard throughout the land, and that all do so.”

The Rambam, however, was of the opinion that hearsay evidence is not sufficient to require the defendant to take the Shevuat Heiset oath of denial, even if it came from the plaintiff’s father.

Yet it appears that if the shogeg killer would daven, his prayers might be answered, and the kohen gadol would die. Why?