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With the revelation at Sinai, something unprecedented entered the human horizon...the politics of freedom was born

Thinking about all of our troubles or tests will not help us. Gloom and depression don’t solve anything.

Our daughter from the West Coast surprised her sisters and delighted us by flying in for the weekend to join the festivities and meet her new nephew and niece.

It is our responsibility to see through the lies and recognize the truth. This applies to our lives in every respect, but especially with regard to our constant battle against our evil inclination.

We have here two ways of seeing the same events: one natural, the other supernatural. The supernatural explanation – that the waters stood upright – is immensely powerful, and so it entered Jewish memory. But the natural explanation is no less compelling. The Egyptian strength proved to be their weakness. The weakness of the Israelites became their strength.

It is very important to know who and where your family came from since history has a way of repeating itself.

Judaism believes it’s a religious duty to teach our children to ask questions.

When I sat down, this is what I was about to type. However, there in front of me, on the screen, was a post on our local community email forum stating: “Leaving for Har Nof at 5 p.m. Does anyone need a ride?”

As humans, we have the capacity to generate delusions of our power and control.

Why did this unexpected landing in Athens become front-page headlines? What did Hashem want us to learn from it?

I felt that as a psychology teacher, who knows and teaches so much about human nature and emotions, to explode and get so angry was not the right thing to do.

Where was little Yair? We searched the area and asked others if they had seen him. No one had seen him go off on his own.

The Jewish Press has made great and important changes in recent months. Now it’s my column’s turn: “Chodesh Tov” will also undergo some revision. First, it has a new name, and second, a new focus. I am proud to report that the author (yours truly) will remain constant.

In this week's parsha, the Torah is preparing the ground for one of its most monumental propositions: In the darkest night, Israel was about to have its greatest encounter with God. Hope was to be born at the very edge of the abyss of despair.

It was getting late, the plane was set to take off soon, and the boy had no idea what to do.

Why was the suffering justified? What was so terrible about what Dasan and Aviram did that explained this question to Moshe Rabbeinu?

About Batya Chazal said “The Holy One, blessed be He, said to her: ‘Moses was not your son, yet you called him your son. You are not My daughter, but I shall call you My daughter.’ ”

By noticing others, you are simply acknowledging that there are other people around you who have desires, lives, families, joys, aches, and hardships.

Given that the fever had already passed – and getting the medication down my fussy baby’s throat would be a challenge of its own – I finally decided to wait it out.

“Literally a few moments ago, while we were driving, a young boy pushed the emergency exit door of the bus by mistake and he fell out,” the driver continued.

Who runs the world? Who is behind every decree that is made whether for good or the contrary? We all know it is Hashem.

We can only change the world if we can change ourselves. That is why the book of Genesis ends with the story of Joseph and his brothers.

Is G-d our best friend? Do we think of Him first before anyone else?

Imagine my joy when, last year, I received an email from Linda saying that she would be coming to Israel for the first time in the fall of 2018.

The stories of Judah and of his descendant David tell us that what marks a leader is not necessarily perfect righteousness. It is the ability to admit mistakes, to learn from them and grow from them. The Judah we see at the beginning of the story is not the man we see at the end.

Sometimes you are having a bad day. Nothing seems to be going as you expected. And then you see someone at work or school who needs help with something and you help them out.

There is, not one, but two distinct Diaspora Jewries: 1) a politically and religiously conservative Jewry and 2) a politically and religiously progressive Jewry. The former is Orthodox; the latter is not. The two groups live in separate communities and rarely interact.

The conclusion to Shalom Rubashkin's circuitous route through the US legal system that ultimately led to justice

I reminded him that the government had recently changed the rules and an appointment was now required.

By exposing these tunnels before an attack was carried out, rachmana litzlan, Hashem has once again saved us without a single shot being fired.