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A Legacy Of Leadership And Love: Rabbi Gershon Edelstein’s Enduring Impact

In Print Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield

What is it about Rav Edelstein that has prompted hundreds of thousands of Jews worldwide to mourn his passing and experience such an immense loss?

Ritual And Relationships: Aharon’s Dual Greatness

In Print Rabbi Yitzchak Sprung

No doubt every one of us would follow the details of a Divine command directed specifically at us – does Aharon deserve to be singled out for this?

The ‘Salute To Israel’ Parade

In Print Editorial Board

It is ironic that the protesters claim that the changes being pursued will sharply diminish the role of the courts as a check and balance on the Knesset, Israel’s national legislative body, and are therefore a threat to Israel’s democracy.

Is there anything wrong with taking animals from the wild and confining them to...

In Print Jewish Press Staff

It could well be that their goal in visiting the zoo was not (only) for simple entertainment or leisure, but to be able there to marvel at the wondrous creation of Hashem’s world.

Rabbi’s Musings (& Amusings)

In Print Rabbi Dani Staum

For best result, ensure plenty of good consistency.

Israel And Saudi Arabia: The Plot Thickens, Part 2

In Print Editorial Board

To be sure, officials are insisting that the discussions are ostensibly focused on a possible prisoner exchange and that no new nuclear negotiations are planned. Other events suggest an alternative context, however.

Chance Encounters

In Print Aviva Perlmutter

It was a wretched situation for my father, my mother and me – an only child – who had left my job to look after my mother; we had no idea where to turn, what to do.

Dementia Diary – Chapter 35

In Print Barbara Diamond

Closer to the truth, however, may be that I am avoiding car-stress. I no longer have the ability to deal with additional, perceived, required, but avoidable, demands placed upon me.

Confiscated Calculator Calculations

In Print Rabbi Meir Orlian

Mr. Berger is considered a shomer chinam since he has no gain, even incidental, from guarding the calculator.

Stopping Bullying Before It Starts

In Print Rifka Schonfeld

When parents talk to their children as if they have a mind of their own and treat their children as individuals, they encourage children to look at others as individuals with their own feelings and emotions.

Daf Yomi

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Painting Tefillin Straps Black “He May Go Over the Letters With a Pen” (Gittin 20a)

Life Chronicles

In Print Rachel

e-Edition: June 2, 2023

In Print Jewish Press Staff

Our Need For Personal Growth

In Print Rabbi Reuven Taragin

We are not created as a finished product, but, rather, with the need and responsibility to develop ourselves properly.

Q & A: Coins, Sculptures, And Graven Images (Part III)

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Question: Is one allowed to go to Madam Tassaud’s Wax Museum? Is this not a violation of the Torah’s prohibition of graven images? Ben Moseson Via email

The Pintela Yid Never Dies

In Print Slovie Jungreis Wolff

In front of me the story of Am Yisrael came alive. The world may proclaim our end but here we are. One must only kindle the flame. The spark is never extinguished.

Yankel And Leah – Chapter Twenty-Five

In Print Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman

Leah’s father yawned and sat up and banged a hand on the dashboard. This car, zul’n zein a kapara – should be an atonement for all my sins.

Summertime, A Time For Yiddishkeit

In Print Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman

The guiding factor is that Hashem did not make anything without a reason. If a certain reality exists, then it must be another opportunity to add in avodas Hashem – the service of G-d.

Dear Dr. Yael

In Print Dr. Yael Respler

I cannot say one definitive thing that will end the shidduch crisis, but we definitely have to work on being open minded and stopping to pigeon hole everyone.

Nature, Nurture, And Human Effort

In Print Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman

Some commentators state that it is simply a way of complimenting his fine character. Others connect the praise more directly to his mother. But why should his mother get the credit for his character?

The Kaf Hachaim, A Mentor To Chacham Ovadia Yosef

In Print Israel Mizrahi

While it is often compared to the Mishnah Berurah, as it served as the alternative to the Mishnah Berurah throughout the Sephardic world, it differs greatly both in structure and approach to halacha.

Rav Naftali Hertz Halevi Weidenbaum And Rav Shmuel Hominer

In Print Rabbi Chayim Lando

Tefillah: An Adventure Of The Soul

In Print Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock

One important thought is that tefillah is not about the amount or how many times we pray, but the quality of the words we say.

The Dedication Of The Mishkan On The Day Of Its Anointing

In Print Avraham Levitt

Each of the leaders of the tribes brings a gift which is identical to the gifts of every other one. The Torah relates the gift of each and every tribe in detail, in spite of the fact that they are all the same.

From Despair To Hope

In Print Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

To be a Jew is to seek to make a difference, to change lives for the better, to heal some of the scars of our fractured world. But people don’t like change.

Soon By You!

In Print Henni Halberstam

I think singles everywhere can safely assume that when we encounter them, we are all truly hoping and praying that they meet their right match soon.

Never ‘Get Over It’

In Print Rabbi Moshe Taragin

For someone with historical consciousness, these epic events happened last year, and they happened fifty years ago to our parents, and they will keep on happening, every year, in the very same manner and on the exact same date.

Berachos And Klalos: Bounty And Boundaries (Part II)

In Print Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

Only when we negate our egos and acknowledge that the goodness and beracha in our lives comes not from our own independent efforts but from Hashem, can we then receive more beracha.

Adolf Jellinek And The Rise Of Reform Judaism

In Print Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

Despite his traditional upbringing, Jellinek began to question some of the traditional practices of Judaism, particularly the emphasis on ritual and the strict adherence to Jewish law.