Political Correctness Or Torah Truth?

In response to a conversation about the perils of the 'politically correct' environment we live in, I considered the gemara devoted to the need for absolute accuracy of scales and all their components

How Do We Cope?

Rebbetzin Jungreis (ZT"L) shares a letter from a distraught wife/ mother whose family is facing serious financial setbacks causing them to consider drastic changes

Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah During Sefirah

Question: Should a boy continue counting the omer with a berachah once he becomes bar mitzvah? A Reader Chicago, IL

The Beauty Of The Beast

What is it that makes an ox special? In what way should we emulate it?

Daf Yomi

Final And Proper Honors ‘In A Grave Not His Own?’ (Baba Basra 112b)

Sefiras HaOmer : Why We Count, What We Count

The lives of Jews in Mitzrayim were defined by misery and suffering. They had no rights. They had no life.

What You Don’t Know May Hurt (Siman 75:13) – Continued from Last Week

The plaintiff is entitled to the entire maneh without having to swear.

Take It For Him!

A person cannot be forced to receive something against his will, replied Rabbi Dayan. Therefore, the recipient has the 'upper hand' and can choose either to uphold the gift retroactively or to refuse it.

Why Jewish Criminal Law Tilts Heavily Toward The Accused (Bava Batra 93a)

The burden of proof required in dinei nefashot, capital cases, is heavier than the burden of proof required dinei mamonot, monetary cases.

Anyone For Pizza?

As early morning phone calls go this was probably one of the least welcome ones to hear five days before our daughter’s wedding.

Meron Miracle

Now he was putting his faith only in Hashem and that he knew Hashem could help him.

Hang on to your hats!

The rav found the exchange humorous and happily shared it with my husband, who subsequently told it over to me.

Jackie Robinson And Hank Greenberg: Forever Linked

While Pittsburgh embraced Greenberg, Robinson had a more mixed reception in Brooklyn. The borough’s Jewish fans welcomed him, as did most of the rest of the Ebbets Field faithful.

The CUNY-Linda Sarsour Mess

We are certainly not indifferent to the right of free speech. But we are also mindful of the plague of anti-Semitism and disruptions of speeches by Jewish personalities on several CUNY campuses.

Sinatra, Jews, And Israel

His deep affection for the Jewish people may have had its origins in the kindness of an elderly Jewish neighbor, a Mrs. Golden, who occasionally cared for him during his lonely boyhood.

ADHD: Boys, Girls, Men, And Women Q & A

Many psychologists and educators theorize that girls are less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD because their symptoms differ greatly from those of boys.

It’s A Small World, After All

Sherman gives 10-20% of her profits from jewelry sales to Greater Vail Community ReSources, which she helped start near her home in Tucson, AZ, in 2016. It runs the local food bank, among other things.

Fixing Israel’s PR Problems, One Leader At A Time

I've had many jobs in my lifetime, and this is the one that I feel the most satisfied about.

‘A Match Made In Heaven’

What do you say to someone who is literally giving you your life back?

From The Trailer Park To The Shabbos Park: One Woman’s Journey To Her Religious...

Despite not having any religious identity, Mrs. Teitler recalls that she and her younger sister were both beaten up at the trailer parks where they lived for being Jewish.

Gold In Your Closet?

A few weeks ago, one of my adorable daughters turned me on to an entirely new concept: selling the clothing I never wear online.

Hella Schuepper Rufeisen: Holocaust Heroine

Her walk and appearance exuded so much confidence that hardly anyone suspected she was anything other than what she pretended.

Dear Dr. Yael

I so wish my husband respected and appreciated me for what I do...

Smorgasbord Orthodoxy?

Why does Chani have a lollipop in her mouth? I told you not to give her another one!

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