Judaism

Fixing Zombie Davening One Section At A Time

Parsha Rabbi Boruch Leff

What is the source of true happiness and success in life?

Daf Yomi

Halacha & Hashkafa Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Beware, Big Brother! 'He Isn't Suspected…' (Bechoros 35)

Like a grandmother who blesses her grandchildren, she blessed us all. Marie Nachmias raised her hands and eyes to the sky, and the crowd, including the prime minister, rose spontaneously and applauded her.

Good Vs. Evil

Columns Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

Another crucial point to note is which political party is embracing these attacks and, in a sense, bringing them about and justifying them: and that is of course the Democratic Party.

Parshas Emor

Weekly Luach Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Sefirat Ha’Omer: Process And Outcome

Torah Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman

Researchers are trying to determine which approach is more effective in getting a person to his goal.

Who Keeps What?

Halacha & Hashkafa Rabbi Meir Orlian

When the boys retrieved the knapsack an hour later, they saw that the bags of marbles had burst.

Q & A: What Doubt?

Ask the Rabbi Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Question: Why do we celebrate two days of Yom Tov if we have a fixed calendar today and know when Yom Tov truly is? Aryeh Roth

Special Delivery

Lessons In Emunah Toby Zipper

We couldn’t believe it when she told us where Chana was staying and that it was only two blocks away from her.

The Journey of Halacha

The Foundation Stone Rabbi Simcha Weinberg

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the teacher of the Zohar who we honor on Lag B'Omer, plants seeds of infinite growth in our minds so each of us can begin our time travel with Torah with a taste of her eternally expanding wisdom embedded in our souls

Three Versions Of Shabbat

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

What does Parshat Emor tell us about Shabbat that we do not learn elsewhere?

Parshat Behar: The Freedom of Yovel Isn’t What You Think

Parsha Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein

“Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all inhabitants thereof.” However, Rashi, Ramban, and Meshech Chochmah show tradition understood the key word, deror, as indicating a version of liberty surprising to the Western mind.

The iPhone And The Mountain Goats

Lessons In Emunah Yonina Schlussel

The receptionist, who was familiar with my story, said that they had not been able to retrieve my phone that morning.

Can A Woman Serve As Sandek?

Judaism Rabbi Gil Student

For over seven centuries, Jews – Ashkenazim and Sephardim, chassidim and misnagdim – have refrained from appointing a woman as sandek.

Q & A: Simchas During Sefirah (Part III)

Ask the Rabbi Rabbi Yaakov Klass

I’ve been invited to numerous simchas during Sefirah in the past few years that did not seem to conform to the halachic restrictions of this period. I’ve been told that you addressed this topic in the past. Can you address it again as I don’t want to offend anyone by staying at home? Name Withheld By Request

Music, Dancing, Shaving, And Shopping During Sefirah

Halacha & Hashkafa Rabbi David Brofsky

Rabbi Eliyahu Schlesinger argues vehemently that only music that leads to rikkudim umecholos is prohibited; music, however, that is spiritually uplifting and soothing to one's soul is permitted.

A Culture Of Death

Sivan Rahav-Meir Sivan Rahav-Meir

A picture is worth a thousand words...

Rushing To, Not From

Torah Rebbetzin Miriam Gross

When one rushes from something, one often feels anxious. But when one excitedly rushes to something-- a goal--one often feels an inner sense of peace and excitement. We couldn't wait to fulfill our destiny 3,300 years ago and we are supposed to have this same excited feeling today.