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Daf Yomi

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

A Bride and Groom On Their Wedding Day ‘Except for the Day after Yom Kippur’ (Kereisos 25a)

A Prayer From A Woman In Labor

Features On The Jewish World Israel Mizrahi

The text of the prayer is riddled with grammatical irregularities and comprises odd mix of verses and pleas.

Q & A: Who Was Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNes? (Part III)

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Question: I’ve always been intrigued by the large assemblage that gathers at the gravesite of R. Meir Ba’al HaNes in Tiberias on his yahrzeit, the 14th of Iyar. Why is such attention directed to his gravesite, in particular? F. Hager

Marijuana Legalization Advocates Gain Victory; Rabbis Weigh In

In Print Gershon Klapper

Administered property by doctors, marijuana could be a samah shel chaim [potion of life]. Freely used by people at large, it could well be a samah shel maves [potion of death].

Games Galore: Melissa & Doug

In Print Jodie Maoz

Fighting Anti-Semitism, Promoting Zionism: An Interview with WZO Vice Chairman Yaakov Hagoel

In Print Tzvi Fishman

Our starting point is that every Jew belongs in Eretz Yisrael. Not out of fear, but out of strength and free choice.

Albany Beat

NY Marc Gronich

Dear Dr. Yael

In Print Dr. Yael Respler

Are Our Prayers Repulsive?

In Print Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

I watched the teller, who clearly did not appreciate this person’s lack of etiquette. ... It was then that I realized what the Mesilas Yesharim meant.

The Equation That Explains Evil

In Print Dennis Prager

GI – W = E: Good Intentions (GI) minus Wisdom (W) leads to Evil (E).

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Forget About It

In Print Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

Rabbi Hirsch writes that “shachach” implies forgetting as a result of focusing on something else while “nashah” is forgetfulness that results from a weakened memory.

The Ben Franklin Effect

In Print Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman

One is allowed, and perhaps even obligated, to hate someone whom one has seen transgress a commandment.

The Five Themes Of Elul

Parsha Rabbi Shmuel Butman

These three verses point to Elul as a time for reinforcing the “three pillars upon which the world stands: Torah, service [of Hashem through prayer], and kind deeds” (Avos 1:3).

Saints And Sinners

Parsha Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

Although the chacham and rasha are completely dissimilar, they still share a bond as brothers.

Little-Known Holocaust History – Bolivia: The Country That Saved 20,000 Jews

In Print Deborah Katz

In the late 1930s, Bolivia’s president, German Busch, desperately sought ways to revitalize his country’s economy. Mauricio (Moritz) Hochschild – a Jewish business tycoon and a friend of the president – convinced Busch that Jewish refugees could be of help in this effort.

Missing Pieces, Missing Parts

Features On The Jewish World Tsadik Kaplan

Noam Vows To Continue Fighting, Doesn’t Trust Likud

In Print Tzvi Fishman

This material fosters positive perspectives on homosexuality, same-gender parenting, and Arab-Jewish marriages – all approved by former Minister of Education Naftali Bennett.

The Target Is Chassidim, Not Overdevelopment

Op-Eds Yossi Gestetner

The actions of the political class and many locals in Rockland prove that overdevelopment is not their real issue. They oppose chassidim in general due to their dress code, religion, family size, and a number of other reasons that can be properly called fake news.