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The Schumer complaint thus belongs in the political realm rather than judicial decision-making and should be irrelevant to Judge Gorsuch’s confirmation.

In preparation for my new book, The Brooklyn Nobody Knows, I walked most of Brooklyn, 816 miles.

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Total strangers from all over the world opened their hearts and pocketbooks.

Why is it so hard to make decisions? Why do we make so many poor decisions?

Beneath the humor and fun is the depth of emotion oand expression that this artist brings to each canvas.

As a Jew in Yemen, you live in your own little bubble and don't associate with the world around you.

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His wife being the prototype of an aishes chayil hurried and diligently prepared a truly delicious meal, fit for the finest table.

I find that the best way to get things done is not to push things off.

Le Pen may well win the France's upcoming elections. If so, Trump's first meeting with her should be a review of America's contributions in both World Wars, notably the liberation of France in WWII

In this week's treasure from Rebbetzin Jungreis' {zt"l) archives she shares a letter from a family in turmoil. This time it’s not the children who rejected parents but a parent who rejected her child

Even if one was never privileged to listen to the Rav’s shiurim in person, reading his lectures, even when some of them have been reconstructed from individual manuscripts, should not be missed.

The U.S. gave Jordan $393 million in aid last year. Is that just a blank check? Or is it time, perhaps, to make some of that aid conditional on Jordan surrendering killers of Americans?

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I am here to say the United States will not turn a blind eye to this anymore. I am here to underscore to the ironclad support of the United States for Israel.

Company can rob your children of special attention and time with you.

A Matter Of Priority ‘Lands Shown By Hashem To Moses Are Subject To Tithes’ (Bava Basra 56a)

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The Sanctuary as a human construct, mirrors the Divine creation of the universe. Each creation culminates in the Sabbath placing the sanctity of place in subordinate position to the holiness of time.

International Agunah Day is a sort of “rosh hashana la’agunot.” As a Jewish 'New Year' we should perform a “cheshbon nefesh” – an accounting of the soul. What have we done right; where have we erred?

One point stood out from those stories: in contrast to the Koran, the great figures of the Torah were not beyond reproach. There was always room to be better.

The fact that two witnesses testify that the defendant borrowed the amount in dispute from the plaintiff does not discredit the defendant or disqualify him from taking the Shevuat Heiset oath of denial.

It is difficult to begin to do teshuvah as if the geula is imminent when we do not really think that it will happen.

The prohibition of chametz on Pesach means that chametz may not be eaten or enjoyed, may not be owned or possessed, and must be removed from one's premises.

Another remarkable fact concerning the Or Hachaim is that he is the only Sephardi commentator in most editions of the Mikra’ot Gedolot, a point that is little recognized today.

Yaakov lives in the year 2025. He and his sister, Rachel, find in the data bank of one of their robots cryptic data sent by a pirate in Djerba, which leads them onto the trail of their second adventure.