Torah

The inevitable Jewish experience of antisemitism, the longest hatred, has returned with a vengeance. It has expressed itself in a multi-front war against Israel, in innumerable political and legal...

It has been a harrowing week for my family. Our beloved son, Noam, sustained serious injuries while serving in Lebanon, courageously defending our people and our land. As I...

As a religious Jew, I cover my head. The yarmulke or kippah is a very familiar symbol of Orthodox Judaism that has been part of men’s attire, perhaps second...

During his address to US Congress this summer, Prime Minister Netanyahu recognized a number of heroes present in the hall, among them, Lieutenant Avichail Reuven, an officer in tzanchanim,...

By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein When Jacob’s evil twin brother Esau was born, the Bible offers a description of that fellow, saying that he was “ruddy, entirely like a hairy...

By Rabbi Benny Berlin One of the age-old questions in American history surrounds the query of “when was Thanksgiving first celebrated?” Did it start with the pilgrims or with George...

By Rabbi Elie Feder PhD Given that Yaakov was such a great tzaddik, how could he lie to his father, Yitzchak, and say, “I am Eisav your firstborn” (Bereishis 27:19)?...

We have seen that mitzvah observance is a great privilege. In addition to expressing our commitment to and strengthening our relationship with our Creator, mitzvot benefit us and give...

  My week began with the sad news of Rabbi Yehoshua Kalish’s passing and subsequently standing in attendance at his levayah Sunday morning at his beis hakenesses in Harborview. From the...

By Toby Klein Greenwald Shira Lankin Sheps woke up on shvi’i shel Pesach, the seventh day of the holiday of Pesach (April 29 this year), with a vision, or in...