Serious Business

When one vows to do something, or to refrain from doing something, the Torah views that pledge with tremendous seriousness. Violating one’s word is referred to as a “desecration of one’s word.”

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Matot-Masai: Your Money or your Family

The tribes of Ruben and Gad by being more concerned with their animals than with their own families, doomed themselves, eventually being left with neither. Indeed, the tribes to the east of the Jordan would be the first to be exiled and, seemingly, lost to Jewish history.

The Rubashkin Saga – XV

Another installment in the ongoing Rubashkin saga

Daf Yomi

A Saline Solution 'Its Soaking Is Its Laundering' (Zevachim 94b)

Q & A: The Hereafter – Olam Haba (Part IX)

Question: How do we know that there is an olam haba – a world to come? L. Papirmeister

When A Relative Can Serve As A Judge

"A qualified expert can annul a vow on his own," replied Rabbi Dayan. "However, no one is an expert nowadays, so that we need a panel of three, like a beis din."

Divisive Perimeters

It is difficult to write about such a topic, but from an outsider’s perspective it seems that there are so many ongoing communal machlokesim today.

Cutting-Edge Clarity

What disappointment! How he longed for the semi-comfort of being in his childhood surroundings. If he could not have his parents back, at least he could be in familiar territory.

Who Am I?

We all try to go on the right path, we all try to set goals and go ahead and achieve them.

A Sense Of Priorities

The contemporary question,how to balance family and work, is actually a biblical one,addressed by Moses in his subtle rebuke to the tribe of Re'uven.

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

The Torah is not myth but anti-myth, a deliberate insistence on removing the magical elements from the story and focusing relentlessly on the human drama

Pressure: A Great Blessing

When challenged, we have our priorities straight. We admit that spending quality time with the family is crucial. But what do we do in practice? How much time do we devote to insignificant things – things that in the long run make no difference

The Forgotten

The two and a half tribes--Rueben, Gad, and part of Menasseh-- listened to the accusations and realized that they were already being forgotten.

Reading Between the Lines

The Torah knows that we are likely to understand the journey in the desert as essentially one long trip. And so it tries to make us stop and realize that there were actually two journeys and not just one. The first ended with the death of Aharon; the second began with resistance from the Canaanite king

Tefillah: A Meeting With Hashem – Please Come Back!

He chose us as His royal nation and gave us His Torah which brings us even closer to Him.

Shabbos For Shabbos

Shabbos is a window into the euphoric Messianic world when this world will be completely devoted to G-d, on all levels.

Loving One’s Fellow

A gem from the Or HaChaim, one of the greatest Torah commemorated, whose 275th yahrzeit was last week

The Search for God: The Greatness and the Present Setback of Halachic Living

The duty of halachic authorities is to solve difficult problems and make Jewish life as easy as possible by advocating lenient rulings. But never at the expense of making life boring. It is their duty to make life enjoyable and uplifting. But that can only come about by making people to live in amazement and wonder.

Q & A: The Hereafter – Olam Haba (Part VIII)

Question: How do we know that there is an olam haba – a world to come? L. Papirmeister

(Un)fair Usage

"You had the home for all of July," reasoned Mr. Wolf. "It's only fair that we should have it for the remainder of August."

Supreme Court Sides With God

Our moral compass is based on what God informed us is right and wrong.

Daf Yomi

Even Eruv Tavshillin ‘One Might Have Thought That We Remove The Tendons…’ (Zevachim 86a)

A Window Of Opportunity

Sophie eagerly anticipated her meanderings through the ancient streets of the Old City of Jerusalem where her ancestors had walked thousands of years ago.

A Minor Fast Day With Major History

As Jews, we try to connect all of our daily events to the guiding hands of The Almighty. And yet, how often do we look at G-d’s connection to the world and His intervention in the public realm?

TORAH SHORTS: Secret Jews: Parshat Pinchas

What would it mean to the world to suddenly have hundreds of millions of people, perhaps over a billion souls, identify themselves as Jewish, and show solidarity with Israel?

Even The Smallest Deed…

Welcoming a new contributor to the Jewish Press Family_ Rebbetzin Miriam Gross

The Lost Masterpiece: Parshat Pinchas

God was saying, “From My perspective, seeing the future, it would have been better to send women, because they love and cherish the land and would never come to speak negatively about it. However, since you are convinced that these men are worthy and do indeed value the land, I give you permission to go ahead and send them.”

Parshat Pinchas: Mosheh Rabbeinu had NO Leadership Secrets

Rules for true leadership by the greatest leader of all.

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