Is A Wife Responsible For Her Husband’s Debts? (Siman 77:10)
The husband or his heirs will then have the right to sue the wife as co-borrower for reimbursement of the money they repaid on her behalf.
Maintaining Our Identity In The Face Of Illicit Behavior
Rav Shmuel explained that if we would understand that we are an elevated nation our task in this world would be so much easier.
Title: The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith
The reader is able to suspend their prior knowledge and remain engaged with the text, a testament to Gruen’s writing skills.
Title: Rabbi Haim David Halevy: Gentle Scholar and Courageous Thinker
Halevy was a man of myriad talents. Be it a noted author, significant talmid chacham, master of kabbalah, gifted speaker and more.
Title: Am I My Body’s Keeper?Torah, Science, Diet, and Fitness – for Life
It's hard to read a book and get up and move simultaneously. But this book, more than any other, did get me to get up and move.
The Force To End Terror
The PA distributed some $300 million to the families of terrorists in 2016, coincidentally the same sum the US annually provides the PA.
Games Galore: Chanukah Gift Guide (Part III)
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My Husband And My Mother
A loving reflection by Naomi Klass Mauer, a devoted daughter and a loving wife, to her mother and husband who passed from this world-within hours of each other-7 years ago.
Remembering A Forgotten Victim Of Palestinian Terror
After 6 1/2 years in a coma, terror victim Hodaya Asulin, succumbed to her injuries and died, practically forgotten. I reserve my strongest disappointment for my own community--how did we offer support? What effort did we make to keep her memory alive?
The Struggle Of Faith
Why not paint Jacob in more attractive colors?
It seems to me that the Torah is delivering, here as elsewhere, an extraordinary message: that if we can truly relate to God as God, in His full transcendence and majesty, then we can relate to humans as humans in all their fallibility.
The Sanctity Of The Synagogue
Jews have the distinct impression that there are moments in time that we can forego the holiness of the Beit Knesset and allow a frivolous, if not rowdy, behavior.
Galut – Harsh Reality Or Opportunity For Influence? – Reflections on the Teachings of...
He reserved much of his intellectual stamina for his ongoing effort to make sense of Jewish history, particularly the sui generis events of his lifetime.
Rabbi Dr. Phillipp (Hillel) Klein, Talmudic And Secular Scholar
Rabbi Klein delivered his sermons in such a high classical German that a group of his congregants had to repeatedly ask him to speak so he could be understood.
Hijacking The Rule of Law
In 2015, Republicans took control of the Senate and Sen. Menendez became the ranking member of the committee, but in short order he was forced to give up even that less important but still influential leadership position.
The PLO Washington Office: Was The Point Made?
The matter seemed open and shut given the unambiguous language of the law.
Broadcasting Torah: An Interview With Israeli Journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir
People want to know about their Jewish identity. And I don’t think you can have a Jewish democratic state without Judaism. It won’t work.
OU’s Litwack Named To NJ Gov.-Elect’s Education Transition Team
Under Maury’s dynamic leadership, the Teach Advocacy Network has become a national force in state houses across the country, with state and local officials regularly working with us to address the needs of our yeshivas and day schools.
The Centenary Of Allenby’s Entering Jerusalem
Brooks predicted that Jerusalem would be liberated in 1917, an idea that intrigued Allenby, who began to view his own role in Eretz Yisrael in prophetic terms.
Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C?
The problem-solving needs to be collaborative. Rather than working for the one person with the challenging behavior, you might work with the person.
Adventures In Sourdough
In theory, it all made sense. But would it really work in practice?
Tapping Women’s Creative Potential
We want to bring Jewish female artists and audiences together.