Can You Publish A Newspaper According To Halacha?
Lashon hara is considered a grave sin because it poisons society and inter-personal relations to the point that our Sages compared it to the three severest sins together: idol worship, incest, and bloodshed.
First Follow, Then You Can Lead
When ten of the men came back with a demoralizing report and the people panicked, at least part of the blame lay with Moshe.
Is It Proper…? Is trying to reconcile Torah with current scientific knowledge proper?
Is trying to reconcile Torah with current scientific knowledge proper?
The Ninth Day Of Av
With this terrible virus in the world things sure seem to take on a new light... Today we suddenly feel G-d's presence more than ever. We feel something changing in the whole world, not just in our neighborhood or in our city or state.
Parshat Devarim: Avoid Shifting Baseline Syndrome
What baselines have we accepted? What properly unacceptable behavior has become common, ordinary, the baseline we didn’t stop to notice?
Watch Live: Jewish Perspectives on Covid-19 Challenges
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Pandemic of Hate
We can either choose to divide or connect. Dividers spew hate, connectors share love.
Can One Impose A Late-Payment Penalty? (Part I)
If the lender stipulated such a fine unlawfully, there is a dispute whether the borrower is required to pay it.
Daf Yomi
Circumcised At The Hand Of Heaven?
‘A Drop of Blood Must be Taken’
(Shabbos 135a)
Q & A: Making Up For What We Missed (Part XIII)
Question: The Covid-19 pandemic has put an end to almost all public gatherings; hence, much of Jewish congregational ritual has come to a halt. Is there a way to make up for everything we missed?
M. Goldman
Time To Take Out Your Black Book
Any generation in which the Temple was not rebuilt is a generation in which it is considered to have been destroyed.
One Small Deed
There was one guy in front of me in line, a thirties-looking man with an open-necked blue shirt. He’d seen the same scene I did, with an up close view right from the door. Like an angel to the rescue, he opened the door and stuck out a twenty.
Happy Or Miserable? It’s Your Choice
You write the story of your journey through life. You choose whether to give pleasant or unpleasant names to the stations along the way.
The Religious Significance of Israel
Only in Israel can the Jewish people construct a political system, an economy, and an environment on the template of Jewish values.
A Path To Moshiach
Since the Torah – which is the epitome of truth – states that studying about the Beis HaMikdash is like building the Beis HaMikdash, it must be so, even on a physical level.
Affective Forecasting: Don’t Do It
As an example, consider a person who, after being insulted, takes a vow to avenge the slight. Over time, his anger subsides, and he no longer feels the same intense feelings toward the perpetrator.
The One & Only Way to Be Spared from Harm
In a lecture delivered by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto shlit”a regarding contemporary times, he describes the singular proven method to merit salvation in these days...
Words Are Extraordinarily Powerful
The Ari writes that in the future, the 22 letters of the aleph beis will descend and, through them, everyone will be resurrected.
Is It Proper…? Should an ordinary Jew endeavor to say Tikkun Chatzos? If not...
Should an ordinary Jew endeavor to say Tikkun Chatzos? If not regularly, perhaps sometimes?
Take A Breather (Part III)
The Shelah (1555-1630) writes that not everyone can be cognizant of their chayah and yechidah during their lifetimes. Only bnei aliyah (spiritually-elevated people) can connect with their chayah-yechidah.
Connections (Part II)
My dear son, you are still very young, only 18 years old. Life is ahead of you and you are just beginning your journey down the path of life.
Redeeming Relevance: One Law Fits All?
The notion that all men are created equal is a modern myth. The truth is that all men are created differently
View From Her Tent
Esther says that she’s had a few trials in her life and the key to her faith is looking at the positive and not harping on the bad. Something she’s worked on perfecting her whole life.
Why You Must Wear A Mask
Every infectious disease doctor – without exception – has stated that keeping apart from one another and wearing masks will significantly decrease the spread of this horrible disease.
Daf Yomi
Damsel In Distress
‘A Woman In Labor Is Considered Critically Ill’
(Shabbos 129a)
Everything Is Done For A Reason
The Jews told Yirmiyahu that they understood that they had to do teshuvah, but they did not believe that a churban was imminent.
What Should We Do?
What do we do in the face of this corona that has not disappeared as we expected?
How Vayichan Brought Together Speakers From Across The Globe – And Across The Spectrum...
Rav Taragin doesn’t want to distract from the purpose of the program, whose essence is joining members of Klal Yisrael together.