Judaism

The prizes speak for themselves, but the hype generates the excitement that propels the event to a different level.

A leader is anyone who is on a mission, who empowers others, and who always looks for ways to contribute to the greater good. Leaders are great parents, great teachers, great friends. We are all potential leaders, we are all potential revolutionaries. We can all create change in the world.

The Zera Shimshon beseeches people to study his writings and promises that they will be granted family, life, wealth and honor in that merit.

My single biggest recommendation for this time of year is that people should make a ‘To-Do-Better List’ to have in their Machzor on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

There is no shortage of examples throughout Jewish history showing the terrible consequences of ignoring this important principle.

Among them was Aryeh Abramov, 17, who was to leave for a year in Israel two days later. “He was an all-around good person,” Abramov said, “he gave to all of us by always making the minyan, so it’s nice that I can be here and make a minyan for him.”

Researchers reported that for some people, more introspection led to less insight about themselves.

One might think that there's nothing we understand better in the world than ourselves--after all, we spend every waking minute with ourselves. But is this self-understanding really the case?

“Teshuva comes from the longing of the entire universe to become better and more pure, stronger and more elevated than its current state."

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Maimonides holds that the appointment of a king is an obligation, Ibn Ezra that it is a permission, Abarbanel that it is a concession, and Rabbenu Bachya that it is a punishment.

Is it proper to give an aliyah to one who has a seirev issued against him by a reputable beis din? Generally how should one interact with such a person?

Men and boys of all religious types gather on the grass in the early morning, before the sun gets the better half of the sky, and pray together.

"I'm very happy for you and your family," said the director, "but I can't let you go without first getting someone else. You know that swimming is one of the most essential parts of the camp day."

Hashem doesn’t provide the coordinates or the address, He wants us to draw the map in our relationship, to use our spiritual intuition to find Him, and to let Him in.  The question is, "How? "

A Grafted Esrog “Passul When Missing Even a Tiny Bit” (Sukkah 34b)

When we recall our deeds each year, there are many that we don’t remember, most whose ramifications we don’t know about and others that take on a life of their own after we have brought them into the world.

Shabbat is not a time to burden students with extra homework assignments. It is a time for students to focus on their families and the relationships in a successful family. When we get down to it, the basis of all of Judaism is centered around the family.

Dear Rabbi Klass: I hope this finds you well. In a recent Daf Yomi Highlights column (JP 1-15-21), you explain that Yitzchak was able to bless Yaakov by saying: “May Hashem grant you the blessings of Avraham” even though one is forbidden from using a parent’s first name, since the name Avraham itself is a “respectful title.” But this raises the question: How could Yaakov say to Yosef: “The G-d before whom my fathers Avraham and Yitzchak walked... bless the lads ... and may my name be declared upon them, and the names of my forefathers Avraham and Yitzchak.” (Bereishis 48:15-16). Your explanation would explain why it was proper for him to use the name Avraham (presumably one is not permitted to call a grandparent by a first name just as one is forbidden to call a parent by his first name) but it seems Yitzchak is no more a respectful title than other name, so how could Yaakov use his father’s first name twice? Leonard Ziegler Via email

There are those who interpret the ruling of the Rema in a manner that would allow bread to be declared mezonot as long as the liquid component of the dough consists of more fruit juice than water.

He left the meeting with no doubt that if Hitler only could, he would destroy European Jewry.

The specialty of Reb Yoel is that not only did he remember what the Rebbe said – and he remembered very well – but he also understood what the Rebbe said.

Patience, listening, concentration, waiting patiently, the capacity to be here and now and not to run ahead, the ability to fully experience the moment – all of these are significantly diminished in the digital age., But Shabbat..

In this week’s parsha we learn of the contemptible situation of an ihr hanedachas, a city where all of the inhabitants worship idols, Rachmana litzlan.

Rebbe Nachman tells us that we must nevertheless persist with our service of Hashem and ignore the inner voice that tells us otherwise.

The Gemara relates that one of the signs of the times for the generation prior to Moshiach is that there will be a proliferation of chutzpah.

‘There is one small problem,’ Moshe told him. ‘You will not be able to use this currency here.'

If their weapons do not suffice to destroy us, then they will turn to the treachery of falsehood and hateful speech to overcome us.

Do not think that we can survive as a nation among nations, worshiping what they worship and living as they live. If we do, we will be subject to the universal law that has governed the fate of nations from the dawn of civilization to today.

We drag ourselves back to shul, to yeshiva, to a shiur. We are on autopilot, trusting the algorithm rather than our spiritual instinct.