Torah August 4, 2025

Nachamu: This Place

Few have made a mark on the spiritual and literal landscape of our generation as Rav Shlomo Riskin. The legendary...

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Torah August 4, 2025

The Three Pillars

Pirkei Avot’s second Mishnah presents a foundational statement of Shimon HaTzaddik that is critical to our worldview. Unlike most of Avot, which advises how to live...

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Education Torah August 4, 2025

Exploring Jewish History And Learning In The City Of Seven Hills

Touro University’s summer trip to Rome connected students to Jewish life past and present By Mordechai Cywiak This summer I...

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Torah August 4, 2025

Homeland Without Walls: How Two Families With Two Daughters Connected At St. Jude

By Rabbi Philip Moskowitz This article is l’illui nishmas Esther Tehila bas Harav Gavriel Pinchas and Hinda bas Reb Mordechai....

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Torah August 4, 2025

Orthodox Union Advocacy Center Ramps Up Post–October 7 Advocacy With New Hire And Growing National Networks

The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA) is significantly expanding and deepening its advocacy portfolio in the wake of October 7,...

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Torah July 30, 2025

667 Days Without A Day Of Their Own: Building B’Yameinu

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg 667 days. We daven from the bottom of our hearts that by Tishah B’Av, the hostages will be released,...

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Torah July 30, 2025

An American Hug In A Bat Yam Apartment

By Sivan Rahav Meir Sylvia is an elderly woman from Bat Yam, whose home was damaged by an Iranian missile...

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Torah July 30, 2025

The Rosh Yeshiva Of Lemberg

The Life and Works of the Preeminent Halachist, Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Katz (1555-1614) Rabbi Yehoshua ben Alexander ha-Kohen Falk Katz, prominently known...

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Uncategorized Torah July 29, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim Bruk and Reb Abe Eisner at Camp HASC this week Rabbi Chaim Bruk speaking to the Jewish Community...

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Torah July 29, 2025

Halachic Living Wills During The Nine Days

By Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody During the Nine Days—a period devoted to mourning our national tragedies—we also give space to...

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Torah July 29, 2025

Tanach Study Week: The Book That Holds Us Together

By Rabbi Moshe Taragin This week, Herzog College and Yeshivat Har Etzion hosted their annual Tanach Study Week. This gathering reflects the...

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Uncategorized Torah July 29, 2025

Kibbud Av And Chodesh Av

Klal Yisrael’s success requires us to build a future based firmly on our past, respecting and committed to the tradition...

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Torah July 28, 2025

The Rift Over Judaism’s Heart And Homeland

Religious identity stretches across many features and dimensions. Sometimes, the most dangerous breakdowns occur when one element of religion becomes...

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Torah July 28, 2025

Living Hearts And Hearts Of Stone (Yechezkel 11:19)

For thirty years now I have been the rav of a wonderful minyan. Our men pray together, enjoy a Shabbos kiddush together, and then learn...

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Torah July 28, 2025

Rosh Chodesh Av: A Powerful Gathering Of American Rabbinic Leaders for Reflection, Transformation, And Future Building

The Igud HaRabbonim/Rabbinical Alliance of America (RAA) convened its impactful Rosh Chodesh AvConference at Ahi Ezer Yeshiva Congregation on Ocean Parkway this past...

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Torah July 28, 2025

Rav Kook’s Message For Tishah B’Av 5785

“All the Roman commanders who saw the internal conflict among the Jews viewed it as a gift from heaven and...

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Torah July 28, 2025

Chazon: A Tremendous Light

The grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, Rebbe Baruch of Medzhibozh, zy’a, was known as a passionate and fiery eved Hashem as well as...

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Torah July 28, 2025

The Sharp River

Although the Book of Numbers delineates the Holy Land’s eastern border as following the Jordan River (Num. 34:12), the Book of Deuteronomy envisions a...

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