Judaism

Is It Really PR? (Part One)

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

I am interrupting the sequence of my articles regarding questions posed by widows and widowers. B'Ezrat Hashem, I will continue that discussion in future columns. But for now, I feel compelled to address the tragic events that have once again unfolded in Eretz Yisrael. I would also like to remind our readers to daven and say Tehillim for the valorous wounded Israeli soldiers who were so savagely attacked. I make a special point of this because shockingly, I have discovered how few of us stop to consider the pain of our brethren.

Beshalach: Music Musings and Dance Moves

Parsha Rabbi Boruch Leff

Have you ever been to a Sefardi shul - or a Sefardi simcha of any kind? There’s something special about the Sefardi personality, something which Ashkenazim don’t quite possess.

Between Hope & Despair

The Foundation Stone Rabbi Simcha Weinberg

The Tisha b'Av experience is a spiritual affliction, "Acedia," a "sadness, a disgust with life, which comes from our inability to get along with ourselves, our disunion with God."

Overcoming Setbacks

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

We sense the pressure Moses is under.

Returning A Non-Jew’s Lost Item

Parsha Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

In this week’s parshah, Yosef is the ruler of Mitzrayim and his brothers come to purchase food from him, not realizing with whom they were dealing.

Lollipops Don’t Fall From The Sky

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

Last week I published a letter from a thirty-eight year old single woman who lamented that despite her having become a ba’alas teshuvah, forsaking her secular life, committing to Torah and mitzvos, going to rabbis, receiving berachot – in short, doing all the “right” things – she has failed to find her bashert, her soul mate. She wondered where G-d was and what all her sacrifices were all about. She was angry at G-d and regarded all her efforts as having been for naught. “My joy in Judaism has disappeared,” she wrote. The following is my response.

Chayei Sara: Perfection of the Living Sacrifice

The Hebrew Identity Rav Yehuda Hakohen

Following her death, Sarah's powerful legacy continued to influence Avraham and play a major role in their family's development into a nation.

Our National Weapon (Part V)

In Print Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

The smart davener knows that Hashem appreciates it when we approach Him with humility rather than with an attitude of "It's coming to me and I surely deserve it."

Illiteracy And Literacy

In Print Rabbi Dani Staum

I tell my students that now the words in their new Gemara look like they are in a foreign language. (To be fair, they are written in a foreign language.…)

You Can Bounce Back

Parsha Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

It is actually in the merit of our struggle with the Evil Inclination that we are worthy of accepting the Torah.

From Exile To Redemption

In Print Michal Popper

Many books and commentaries have been written on the reasons we have not merited redemption. All agree that the main reason is the lack of love between us.

We Are All Missionaries

Sivan Rahav-Meir Sivan Rahav-Meir

This week's parshah teaches us that there is almost no such thing as objectivity. We are all subjective. All of us speak from our own world of values.

A Shekel For A Sela

In Print Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

The Mishnah itself implies that the sela coin is what the Bible calls a shekel, because the Mishnah uses the word sela in the same contexts in which the Bible uses the word shekel.

Daf Yomi

Halacha & Hashkafa Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum

Spared Possible Punishment ‘Those Who Are New To The Ketores’ (Tamid 32b-33a)

A Miracle In Monsey

Lessons In Emunah Rachel Weiss

Is it just me? Maybe it’s the aging factor. The shorter days perhaps? Somehow by the time the day is done there is still so much left to do. This nagging sensation becomes even more acute right before the end of the year when you know you’ll soon need to give a din v’cheshbon and will, in all likelihood, come up short.