Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Posted on: December 23rd, 2011
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldTo explain to my children what Chanukah was like for me as a young girl, I find I am just as inclined to recount what it wasn’t as I am to describe what it was.
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → ParshaLooking back in time it is amazing to realize that every so often we encounter a 24-hour period with a timeless impact on the trajectory of human history. These periods, though short in actual time, through the convergence of multiple factors, produced historic decisions—decisions that arguably affected humankind forever after.
Mikeitz: The Greatness Of Joseph
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → Parsha“And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt” (41:45). This was one of the greatest tests he underwent in his career. Wearing the king’s ring (41:42), clothed in royal linen with a golden chain around his neck (ibid.), riding in the second royal chariot with runners before him (41:43), having full power over the land (41:44), having an Egyptian name and an Egyptian wife the daughter of a priest, he had every reason to disown his family which had so wronged him, and he could have without any effort become a full Egyptian in heart and soul.
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaHe must be a very important person to get such an important mitzvah, I heard them say, as Mr. Loewenstein, the local assemblyman, stepped up to recite the Torah blessing before the reading of the Ten Commandments. And Mr. Kleppish was too embarrassed to tell his wife that he only got third galilah on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah.
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaAs Yisrael opened his garage on Friday morning, Eli was already waiting there. "I'm driving to Baltimore for Shabbos," Eli said, "but funny things have been happening with the car recently. Can you check the battery and brakes?"
The Fighting Light of Chanukah
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → HolidaysAs Israel experiences a national rebirth on our native soil, the forces of evil are gathering all of their strength to wage a final war to stamp out our light.
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Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaWhat Is A Sheep? ‘If It…Does Not Possess Three Vertebrae’ (Bechoros 40b)
Reb Elimelech M’Lizhensk (Part III)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerWherever the two holy brothers went on their self-imposed exile they generated a spirit of repentance. Their standard routine was to admonish themselves out loud for their supposed crimes, when in fact their “sins” were precisely the ones that the villager within earshot needed to rectify.
Beis HaMikdash – Spiritual Power Source
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → ParshaThe Bach, commenting on Tur Shulchan Aruch, explains that the decrees of the Yivanim against the Jewish people occurred because the Jewish people became “lax in their service.”
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: I know there is a dispute in the Gemara regarding ayin hara, the evil eye. Can you discuss the origin of it? Ben Glassman (Via E-Mail)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → ParshaThere has long been a massive debate in Anglo Jewry as to whether we should take a unified stance in our support for the State of Israel or openly air our differences. It’s mostly been a noisy and shrill debate, but it’s the wrong debate – as it is deflecting us from the real issue.
Sheva Berachot After Shalosh Seudot
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Normally one may not eat or drink after Birchat Hamazon of Shalosh Seudot until after Havdalah. What is the halacha, however, if one schedules Sheva Berachot for a Shalosh Seudot meal? Should the groom and bride drink from the wine of Sheva Berachot or not?
Anguish That Does Not Go Away: The Singles Problem (Part Two)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointLast week I shared a letter from a 30-plus young woman who was very troubled over the challenges confronting singles. She felt the Jewish community was not sufficiently engaged in reaching out to and helping the many singles desperately looking for their soul mates.
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Posted on: December 21st, 2011
In Print → From the PaperI was walking home from my weekly Tehillim group when I encountered a very worried-looking young woman. She told me she had been standing outside her apartment when she encountered an old man. He seemed lost, and did not respond to her offer of help. She noticed he was not wearing shoes.
The Mystical Message Of The Chanukah Dreidel
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
In Print → From the PaperChanukah commemorates our victory over the Syrian-Greeks and the Hellenists – Jews who betrayed their own people in order to curry favor with the gentiles.
Posted on: December 20th, 2011
Judaism → Judaism 101The following general overview of Chanukah laws - Chag Sameach!
Posted on: December 17th, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaIn June 1967, even skeptics and agnostics admitted that the people of Israel, who only days before were digging their own graves, were saved by nothing short of a miracle. Over the years, however, however, the miracle, so obvious when it occurred, became camouflaged in a shroud of strategic, military terms.
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