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If it can be determined that your chanukiah is an authentic original, the value would be $2,500 -$3,500.

Everyone wants to contribute something significant to the world. This desire is an inherent part of being human.

To be honest there were many Shabbos mornings when I fell back to sleep without saying kerias shema, but it made a deep impression on me. Now I try to be particular to say shema before the earlier time.

How surprised I was when he answered with a flourish that the most important blessing of the Shemoneh Esrei is T’kah b’shofar gadol l’cheiruseinu, our bracha that we beseech Hashem to initiate the final Redemption!

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The only way to build trust is to share. This is scary because it makes us vulnerable. When we share with someone, we are hoping that they will safeguard our secrets and never use them to hurt us.

An introspective and humble man, word of his erudition and his reputation as a fount of Torah-based wisdom soon spread; people flocked to him for advice and counsel, both from within the ranks of his chassidim and the general public. His role in the community became legend.

You don’t need to fly anywhere of course if you don’t want to. Perhaps, though, you can take a moment to reflect on your unwillingness to travel outside of your comfort zone.

Occasionally there are extraordinary purchases, which cause even an experienced bookseller to get emotional.

You know, it seems they’re [the protesters] are upset that I played for the IDF soldiers, which is straight up antisemitic and racist, Matisyahu said. We’re not allowed to have our own army? That’s what their problem is. They don’t know anything about me, who I am, or my fans.

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From my experience working with young Russian olim, the fact is that they don't want to convert. Why should they? They already enjoy full privileges as Israeli citizens under Israel's 1970 Law of Return.

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By All Means Rescue! ‘If One Removes a Fish from the Sea’ (Shabbos 107b)

Sometimes our children themselves don't even realize how much they need their parents.

Jewish values do not come from man. They come from the G-d of perfection and compassion.

One-out-of-three is not the kind of language that Dr. Weinblatt would ever employ, let alone even allow himself to think. The man is a fount of hope.

What chutzpah?! I thought to myself. I felt like a child being punished for taking a cookie out of the cookie jar.

Some longtime Kosherfest vendors, seeing the difference in this year’s show, are hoping it improves in the future.

A Two-Way Street? ‘Joining Geulah To Tefillah Is Preferable’ (Berachos 30a)

Dear Rabbi Klass, As most of us know, now that it’s the month of Elul, we say the 27th chapter of Tehillim until Shemini Atzeret (“L’David Hashem Ori – [A Psalm] of David: The Lord is my light”). The second verse states: “Bikrov alay me’rei m le’echol et besarai… – When evildoers approach me to devour my flesh….” Why does it not say “reshaim – wicked ones” or “anashim raim – evil people?” Tzila Kleinbart Brooklyn, N.Y.

Emma admits that it took a while to get used to owning a flip phone. In the days after the switch, as she terms it, she wondered if she’d miscalculated badly.

The campaign reportedly also killed nearly 2,000 Islamic State fighters.

Let’s be clear. Nothing can be done about all this. There is no stopping the propagation of hate that has the Internet at its disposal.

They wonder: Why is he endangering his life? He approaches and tells them, “Kinderlach, we don’t know how much time we have left, so let’s learn Torah.”

Contrary to popular misconception, the bar mitzvah is not truly the exact moment that a boy becomes obligated to observe the mitzvot.

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It is no answer that protest is ordinarily the legal right of all Americans. This is not about legal rights but about ineluctable effects.