Judaism

No Israeli parent has the right to give birth to a child in Israel and NOT teach them why they live in Israel, why they are Jewish, why we came back to this land after 2000 years and why we need to defend it.

Throughout the years that I lived in America I would meet lots of Jews with the same love and burning desire to live in Israel. I was not alone.

You can’t protest that you desire to be part of the Jewish community, that you espouse Jewish values, and at the same time marry a gentile woman and raise non-Jewish children. That, Mr. Feldman, is the definition of chutzpah.

The reason we can’t even see the temptation is that we are judging the generation according to our social climate.

Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef

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The Longest Mesechta? ‘We Shall Return To You…’ (Bava Basra 176b)

As your family came from France, it is likely that they were transported to Auschwitz and murdered there, he told us.

When does the obligation of mitzvah lekayem divrei ha’met apply, and how could it have improved Jill’s position?

It should, therefore, be deemed insufficient to oblige the defendant to take the Shevuat Heiset oath of denial.

The Gemara says that anyone who mourns the churban will merit seeing the nechama.

Mr. Gefen approached Rabbi Dayan and related the story. Can I take from the store what I deserve? asked Mr. Gefen.

Is Pinchas, the title character of this parsha, and Eliyahu, the prophet of Kings, really one and the same?

The challenge of these Three Weeks leading to Tisha b'Av? Learning to see the hope beyond the suffering,developing the vision of a healed world, so that we too can find the right words in our mouths to share our vision

Moshe was not able to see that Yehoshua was fit for the job. On some level, this seems strange considering their long-standing relationship.

Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef

Seeing the honor afforded a gentile king or queen provides us with a tangible example of what is in store for us.

Are they disparate events that coincidentally all occurred on the same day or do they perhaps share a common denominator?

A Shidduch Solution ‘Known In A Town For 30 Days…’ +---------------- (Bava Basra 167b)

Where then does Jewish singularity emerge? The clue lies in the precise wording of Bilaam’s blessing: “Behold it is a  people  that dwells alone.”

It was only when he finally touched down on the much-missed holy soil of Eretz Yisrael that everything began to rapidly spiral out of control.

Why does the halacha not recognize the validity of wills made in accordance with the law of the land?

Balaam, the dedicated thespian, could not overpower the prophecy of Moses because Moses was not a performer. Moses saw his role as building the stage on which his people, present and future, would perform.

Perhaps the reason this conflict erupted was for the purpose of reminding us that the Kosel is a holy sanctified place, which must be treated as such.

Either way, the defendant does not have to take an oath to rebut the claim of an uncertain plaintiff.

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The generation of Jews who left Egypt and received the Torah on Mount Sinai, dreamed of entering the promised land and settling in it.

Wisdom from Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, on of all things, summer camp visiting day, which is soon approaching

Why did G-d use Bilaam to bless the Jews, if by doing so He enabled Bilaam to learn how best to attack us?

The Wall is not a synagogue. It never was a synagogue and should never become one. It is a place where we Jews can meet, pray and share what we have in common instead of focusing on what divides us; where we can smile at each other even when we vehemently disagree.