Judaism

When we offer fervent heartfelt prayers to Hashem lamenting our estrangement and beseech Him for our redemption, we will inspire Hashem to redeem us speedily.

On April 11, 1944, a young Anne Frank wrote in her diary: Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed...

“I have learned much from my teachers and even more from my friends, but from my students I have learned most of all” (Taanit 7a). 

The Jewish People were indeed on the loftiest of levels — a state that we can hardly imagine. They had just witnessed earth-shattering miracles and received the Torah from Hashem Himself on Har Sinai.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. -Thomas Carlyle

All social institutions in a free society depend on trust, and trust means honoring our promises, doing what we say we will do.

Shlomo also said, I praised the dead who had already died (Kohelet 4:2). Because there is no understanding among the living.

Let’s look with this eye at the backdrop of the scene for Kabbolos HaTorah. What was the background when Hashem gave the Torah to the Bnei Yisrael at Har Sinai?

All these mitzvot are in order that the poor people of your town be able to eat. I see it as doing a ‘reset’ once in seven years, he says.

During my late teen years, on one occasion I went with a few friends to a theme park on Chol HaMoed and brought a knapsack full of stuffed animals from my house. Once we entered the park, I took them out and walked around holding them.

One of the appellations given to Jericho in the Bible is Ir HaTmarim, “the City of Dates.”

Amusement parks and rest stops have primary functions. To hinder other people from enjoying those functions because we are standing in the middle of their path is repugnant.

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Every week, when we read the Torah portion about events that took place in the past, I'm not just reminded of a story that happened many years ago, rather I’m reminded of my roots and where I came from and what it is that G-d wants for me to learn from my forefathers and mothers.

So what then is this business about preceding their infants with the sheep? If the sheep were meaningless to them, why did they mention them first?

This was a real shock to Dave. He was an excellent worker and was doing fine in the firm, but he thought he could go much farther and succeed much more in Ronnie's new firm.

Every fall and spring, several times each season, Mr. Brown would clean his property of the leaves and flowers that Mr. Green's tree shed.

The Threat Of Death “Sign or Else…” (Kesubos 19a)

It was Hashem’s goal in creation and the ultimate goal of our personal development . . . G-d does not seek our fear; He seeks our appreciation.

Question: Where I live I see Chabad Shluchim offering Jewish passerby the opportunity to put on Tefillin; is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant? Additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper – kavod for the tefillin? Menachem Via email

Most of you never heard of Kurt Rothschild who passed away last week at the age of 101, but it is reasonable to assume that most of you benefited from him in some way.

I think it's safe to say that most of us have felt at times closer to Hashem than at others. We all experience ups and downs as we travel along our respective paths of Torah and mitzvos.

By waging war on Israel, even if not consciously aware of its inner motivation, a person or group is declaring war against the Source of all Creation.

One thing worthy of note in our haftara is that the entirety of the first chapter is read, but the haftara continues three verses into the second.

Cheit Ha’Egel, the sin of the golden calf, is perhaps the most infamous event in the Torah, a sin compared to the original sin of Adam HaRishon and one that has repercussions throughout Jewish history.

The korban hatamid was one of many – what makes it so special?

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health. -George Herbert

When we gather in the batei medrash to daven and study Torah, and we perform acts of chesed to exalt the Name of Hashem . . . we are righteous and praiseworthy like those who actually gave up their lives sanctifying the Name of Hashem.

Maimonides insists that it is not so. “It is not right to alienate, scorn and hate people who desecrate the Sabbath,” he said. “It is our duty to befriend them and encourage them to fulfill the commandments.”

The Three Weeks is not simply a time to ponder our loss. The Yerushalmi Tractate Peah (chapter 1) teaches us -Any generation in which the Temple was not rebuilt in its day, it is considered as if it were destroyed again in that era.